Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha
Author: Daniel C. Harlow
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004103092

This study addresses the chief critical issues in the interpretation of 3 Baruch including text, genre, setting, function, literary integrity, and original authorship and offers a reading of the document as both a Jewish and a Christian text.

3 Baruch

3 Baruch
Author: Alexander Kulik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2010-03-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110212498

This work provides the key to one of the most enigmatic Jewish Hellenistic texts preserved in Greek and Slavonic. Despite the fact that 3 Baruch is one of the major early Jewish apocalypses, it has been relatively neglected in modern scholarship, probably since 3 Baruch is one of the most difficult works to comprehend and classify. Its content differs significantly from that of other writings of the same genre, as the book preserves syncretistic ideas and tendencies which are combined in unique ways. The worldview, the message, and the very textual structure of 3 Baruch are enigmatic in many respects. The present study demonstrates that the textual history of 3 Baruch, implicit meanings and structural links in its text, as well as conceptions behind the text, are partly reconstructable. Moreover, 3 Baruch, properly read, significantly enriches our understanding of the history of the motifs found in early Jewish lore, at times providing missing links between different stages of their development, and preserves important evidence on the roots of Jewish mysticism, proto-Gnostic and proto-Christian traditions. The study contains the introduction, synoptic translation, textual notes, and detailed commentaries.

Jewish Reactions to the Destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70

Jewish Reactions to the Destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70
Author: Ken Jones
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2011-09-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 900421027X

This book explores the reaction to the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 found in Jewish apocalypses and related literature preserved among the Pseudepigrapha (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, 3 Baruch, 4 Baruch, Sibylline Oracles 4 and 5, and the Apocalypse of Abraham).

From Martyr to Mystic

From Martyr to Mystic
Author: Raʻanan S. Boustan
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9783161487538

"This study provides a critical analysis of Nurcholish Madjid's attempt to interpret Islam within the framework of modern Indonesia. Special attention is paid to his ideas and activities during the years leading to the 1998 downfall of President Soeharto, and the development towards democracy that followed. Although many of these ideas have been embraced by significant sectors of official Indonesia, they have also received harsh criticism from the representatives of more conservative interpretations of Islam and, more recently, from secular Muslims as well."--BOOK JACKET.

The Image of God in the Garden of Eden

The Image of God in the Garden of Eden
Author: Catherine L. McDowell
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575063689

Catherine McDowell presents a detailed and insightful analysis of the creation of adam in Gen 2:5–3:24 in light of the Mesopotamian mīs pî pīt pî (“washing of the mouth, opening of the mouth”) and the Egyptian wpt-r (opening of the mouth) rituals for the creation of a divine image. Parallels between the mouth washing and opening rituals and the Eden story suggest that the biblical author was comparing and contrasting human creation with the ritual creation, animation, and installation of a cult statue in order to redefine ṣelem ʾelohîm as a human being—the living likeness of God tending and serving in the sacred garden. McDowell also considers the explicit image and likeness language in Gen 1:26–27. Drawing from biblical and extrabiblical texts, she demonstrates that ṣelem and demût define the divine-human relationship, first and foremost, in terms of kinship. To be created in the image and likeness of Elohim was to be, metaphorically speaking, God’s royal sons and daughters. While these royal qualities are explicit in Gen 1, McDowell persuasively argues that kinship is the primary metaphor Gen 1 uses to define humanity and its relationship to God. Further, she discusses critical issues, noting the problems inherent in the traditional views on the dating and authorship of Gen 1–3, and the relationship between the two creation accounts. Through a careful study of the tôledôt in Genesis, she demonstrates that Gen 2:4 serves as both a hinge and a “telescope”: the creation of humanity in Gen 2:5–3:24 should be understood as a detailed account of the events of Day 6 in Gen 1. When Gen 1–3 are read together, as the final redactor intended, these texts redefine the divine-human relationship using three significant and theologically laden categories: kinship, kingship, and cult. Thus, they provide an important lens through which to view the relationship between God and humanity as presented in the rest of the Bible.

Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy

Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy
Author: John J. Collins
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2015
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0802872859

A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic essays organized in five sections, Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy complements and enriches Collins's well-known book The Apocalyptic Imagination.

Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament as Part of Christian Literature

Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament as Part of Christian Literature
Author: Marinus de Jonge
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004496513

The primary witnesses of the writings called Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament are, in great majority, of Christian provenance. It has been customary for scholars to look for an originally Jewish form of the documents, reflecting Jewish life and thought in the period between 200 BCE and 100 CE. In this volume, M. de Jonge argues that these writings should, first of all, be studied as documents relevant for Christians. This volume incorporates essays written earlier by the author as well as a number of new chapters. The first part deals with general questions concerning the transmission of the pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament whereas the second part has a particular focus on the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the Greek Life of Adam and Eve.

Cathars in Question

Cathars in Question
Author: Antonio C. Sennis
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 1903153689

The question of the reality of Cathars and other heresies is debated in this provocative collection.

A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism

A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism
Author: Matthias Henze
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 585
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802803881

Presents eighteen commissioned articles on biblical exegesis in early Judaism, covering the period after the Hebrew Bible was written and before the beginning of rabbinic Judaism. -- from publisher description