Understanding Texts in Early Judaism: Studies on Biblical, Qumranic, Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature in Memory of Géza Xeravits

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Understanding Texts in Early Judaism

Studies on Biblical, Qumranic, Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature in Memory of Géza Xeravits

Edited by: József Zsengellér

Languages: English, German

Published/Copyright: 2022

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Volume 48 | Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

About this book

This volume remembers Géza Xeravits, a well known scholar of deuterocanonical and Qumran literature.

The volume is divided into four sections according to his scholarly work and interest. Contributions in the first part deal with Old Testament and related issues (Thomas Hiecke, Stefan Beyerle, and Matthew Goff). The second section is about the Dead Sea Scrolls (John J, Collins, John Kampen, Peter Porzig, Eibert Tigchelaar, Balázs Tamási and Réka Esztári). The largest part is the forth on deuterocanonica (Beate Ego, Lucas Brum Teixeira, Fancis Macatangay, Tobias Nicklas, Maria Brutti, Calduch-Benages Nuria, Pancratius Beentjes, Benjamin Wright, Otto Mulder, Angelo Passaro, Friedrich Reiterer, Severino Bussino, Jeremy Corley and JiSeong Kwong). The third section deals with cognate literature (József Zsengellér and Karin Schöpflin). The last section about the Ancient Synagogue has the paper of Anders Kloostergaard Petersen.

Some hot topics are discussed, for example the Two spirits in Qumran, the cathegorization of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the authorship and antropology of Ben Sira, and the angelology of Vitae Prophetarum.

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József Zsengellér, Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies, Budapest, Hungary.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface: In memoriam Géza G. Xeravits (1971–2019) Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Part 1: Old Testament and Early Judaism
“From the Heavens, From the Earth” Structure and Messages of Psalm 148 Thomas Hieke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Different Texts and Different Interpretations of “Exile” Stefan Beyerle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
Effaced and Naturalized Modes of Jewish Reading: The Judah and Tamar Story (Genesis 38), the Book of Jubilees, and Robert Alter Matthew Goff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Part 2: Qumran
The Two Spirits and the Origin of Evil John J. Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Reading Instruction as a Sectarian Composition John Kampen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Thoughts on the Way towards “Prolegomena” to an Introduction to the Writings of the Dead Sea Scrolls Preliminary Reflections on the Categorization and Nomenclature of the Dead Sea Scrolls Peter Porzig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Levi, Levites and Worship in Qumran Balázs Tamási Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
Children Confined in the House of Darkness An Akkadian Incantation Ritual of the Stillborn Réka Esztári Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
Part 3: Deuterocanonica
“Narrate omnia mirabilia eius” (Tob 12:20 Vg) Jerome’s Vulgate Version of Tobit as a Wundergeschichte Beate Ego and Lucas Brum Teixeira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
The Rhetorical Function of Burying the Dead in the Book of Tobit Francis M. Macatangay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
Das Wortfeld „Sterben“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch Tobias Nicklas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
The Topic of Intercession in Second Temple Judaism Between 2 Maccabees and 4 Ezra Maria Brutti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
What’s in a Name? The Book of Ben Sira and Its Paratexts Benjamin G. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Des Menschen Wohltat und Gottes Wohlwollen Aspekte der Anthropologie und Theologie Ben Siras Friedrich V. Reiterer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
“Better”–Proverbs in the Book of Ben Sira Typology, Position, Topics, and Distribution over the Book Pancratius C. Beentjes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
“When the Lord created his works from the beginning” (Sir 16:26a) Study of Sir 16:26–17:14 Angelo Passaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
“Pillars of Gold on Plinths of Silver. . .” (Sir 26:18) Female Body Imagery in Ben Sira Nuria Calduch-Benages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
Ben Sira 36:18–37:15: the Art of Choosing Severino Bussino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	283
The Enigma of the Judges in Ben Sira 46: 11–12 Jeremy Corley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
Bethesda in Sirach 50 revised Otto Mulder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Is Wisdom in Baruch 3:9–4:4 Combined with Torah? JiSeong James Kwon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
Part 4: Cognate Literature
Good and Bad Angels in the Vitae Prophetarum József Zsengellér Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
“All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher” A Psalm-like Poetical Abstract of Qohelet in Lord Byron’s Hebrew Melodies Karin Schöpflin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	389
Part 5: Antique Synagogue
An Evolutionary Perspective on Temple, Synagogue, and Ekklēsia with Special Focus on Paul A Dialogue with Géza Xeravits (and several other colleagues) Anders Klostergaard Petersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	401
Bibliography of Géza G. Xeravits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
Index of Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
Index of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	451
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	477

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eBook published on:

March 7, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9783110768534

Hardcover published on:

March 21, 2022

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110768367

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Front matter:

12

Main content:

482

Illustrations:

4

Tables:

29

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110768534

eBook ISBN: 9783110768534

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110768367

Keywords for this book

Old Testament; Dead Sea Scrolls; Deuterocanonica; Ancient Synagogue.

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Scholars in the field of Theology, Jewish Studies, and Dead Sea Scrolls.

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