Different Texts and Different Interpretations of “Exile”
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Stefan Beyerle
Abstract
After a dense description of, especially German speaking, modern scholarship on questions of text critique and text history, the analysis focusses on the motif of “Exile” in Jer 52. Furthermore, the discussion refers to 2 Kgs 24-25; 2 Chr 36 and Jer 39, by considering also the Hebrew and Greek versions, including the Antiochene recension, of those texts. As regards the Book of Jeremiah and despite the many cases where the Greek text preserved the older version, it can be learned by the analyzed examples that neither the Septuagint represents the Urtext nor the Hebrew handed down the “end-text.” Textual re-readings in the different literary traditions of these texts are influenced by later religious concepts like “salvation” and “judgment,” or “guilt” and “judgment.”
Abstract
After a dense description of, especially German speaking, modern scholarship on questions of text critique and text history, the analysis focusses on the motif of “Exile” in Jer 52. Furthermore, the discussion refers to 2 Kgs 24-25; 2 Chr 36 and Jer 39, by considering also the Hebrew and Greek versions, including the Antiochene recension, of those texts. As regards the Book of Jeremiah and despite the many cases where the Greek text preserved the older version, it can be learned by the analyzed examples that neither the Septuagint represents the Urtext nor the Hebrew handed down the “end-text.” Textual re-readings in the different literary traditions of these texts are influenced by later religious concepts like “salvation” and “judgment,” or “guilt” and “judgment.”
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface: In memoriam Géza G. Xeravits (1971–2019) VII
- Contents IX
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Part 1: Old Testament and Early Judaism
- “From the Heavens, From the Earth” 1
- Different Texts and Different Interpretations of “Exile” 29
- Effaced and Naturalized Modes of Jewish Reading: The Judah and Tamar Story (Genesis 38), the Book of Jubilees, and Robert Alter 45
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Part 2: Qumran
- The Two Spirits and the Origin of Evil 63
- Reading Instruction as a Sectarian Composition 75
- Thoughts on the Way towards “Prolegomena” to an Introduction to the Writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls 93
- Levi, Levites and Worship in Qumran 107
- Children Confined in the House of Darkness 119
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Part 3: Deuterocanonica
- “Narrate omnia mirabilia eius” (Tob 12:20 Vg) 153
- The Rhetorical Function of Burying the Dead in the Book of Tobit 161
- Das Wortfeld „Sterben“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 177
- The Topic of Intercession in Second Temple Judaism 189
- What’s in a Name? 207
- Des Menschen Wohltat und Gottes Wohlwollen 223
- “Better”–Proverbs in the Book of Ben Sira 241
- “When the Lord created his works from the beginning” (Sir 16:26a) 255
- “Pillars of Gold on Plinths of Silver. . .” (Sir 26:18) 265
- Ben Sira 36:18–37:15: the Art of Choosing 283
- The Enigma of the Judges in Ben Sira 46: 11–12 315
- Bethesda in Sirach 50 revised 335
- Is Wisdom in Baruch 3:9–4:4 Combined with Torah? 351
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Part 4: Cognate Literature
- Good and Bad Angels in the Vitae Prophetarum 371
- “All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher” 389
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Part 5: Antique Synagogue
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Temple, Synagogue, and Ekklēsia with Special Focus on Paul 401
- Bibliography of Géza G. Xeravits 433
- List of Contributors 441
- Index of Modern Authors 443
- Index of Sources 451
- Index of Subjects 477
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface: In memoriam Géza G. Xeravits (1971–2019) VII
- Contents IX
-
Part 1: Old Testament and Early Judaism
- “From the Heavens, From the Earth” 1
- Different Texts and Different Interpretations of “Exile” 29
- Effaced and Naturalized Modes of Jewish Reading: The Judah and Tamar Story (Genesis 38), the Book of Jubilees, and Robert Alter 45
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Part 2: Qumran
- The Two Spirits and the Origin of Evil 63
- Reading Instruction as a Sectarian Composition 75
- Thoughts on the Way towards “Prolegomena” to an Introduction to the Writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls 93
- Levi, Levites and Worship in Qumran 107
- Children Confined in the House of Darkness 119
-
Part 3: Deuterocanonica
- “Narrate omnia mirabilia eius” (Tob 12:20 Vg) 153
- The Rhetorical Function of Burying the Dead in the Book of Tobit 161
- Das Wortfeld „Sterben“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 177
- The Topic of Intercession in Second Temple Judaism 189
- What’s in a Name? 207
- Des Menschen Wohltat und Gottes Wohlwollen 223
- “Better”–Proverbs in the Book of Ben Sira 241
- “When the Lord created his works from the beginning” (Sir 16:26a) 255
- “Pillars of Gold on Plinths of Silver. . .” (Sir 26:18) 265
- Ben Sira 36:18–37:15: the Art of Choosing 283
- The Enigma of the Judges in Ben Sira 46: 11–12 315
- Bethesda in Sirach 50 revised 335
- Is Wisdom in Baruch 3:9–4:4 Combined with Torah? 351
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Part 4: Cognate Literature
- Good and Bad Angels in the Vitae Prophetarum 371
- “All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher” 389
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Part 5: Antique Synagogue
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Temple, Synagogue, and Ekklēsia with Special Focus on Paul 401
- Bibliography of Géza G. Xeravits 433
- List of Contributors 441
- Index of Modern Authors 443
- Index of Sources 451
- Index of Subjects 477
