Figures who shape scriptures, scriptures that shape figures: essays in honour of Benjamin G. Wright III

The series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies (DCLS)is concerned principally with research into those books of the Greek Bible (Septuagint) which are not contained in the Hebrew canon, and into intertestamentary and early Jewish literature from the period around the 3rd century BCE to t...

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Contributors: Xeravits, Géza G. 1971-2019 (Editor) ; Goering, Greg Schmidt (Editor) ; Wright, Benjamin G. 1953- (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter, Inc. 2018
In: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (Volume 40)
Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Figures who shape scriptures, scriptures that shape figures : essays in honour of Benjamin G. Wright III] (2020) (Stewart Lester, Olivia, 1984 -)
[Rezension von: Figures who shape scriptures, scriptures that shape figures : essays in honour of Benjamin G. Wright III] (2019) (Schmidt, A. Jordan)
Series/Journal:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies Volume 40
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Early Judaism / Literature / Authority / Historical figure
B Old Testament / Biblical person / Early Judaism / Literature
B Wright, Benjamin G. 1953-
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Wright, Benjamin G. 1953-
B Judaism
B Festschrift
B Electronic books
B Bibliography
B Wright, Benjamin G.,-III
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Summary:The series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies (DCLS)is concerned principally with research into those books of the Greek Bible (Septuagint) which are not contained in the Hebrew canon, and into intertestamentary and early Jewish literature from the period around the 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE. The series was launched in 2007 in collaboration with the "International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature". It provides a logical extension to the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook, which has been published since 2004.
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Bibliography of Benjamin G. Wright III (1984-2017) -- Part 1: Figures -- Moses in the Septuagint -- Adding Profile to Moses and Joshua -- No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13 -- David in the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum -- The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art -- A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers -- Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple -- Part 2: Scriptures -- The Book of Ruth as Social Commentary in Early Judaism -- Glimpses into Ben Sira's Society -- Exemplars of Humility and the Discourse of Authority in Second Temple Judaism -- Gibberish? -- Die Idee von „Geschichte" im 2. Makkabäerbuch -- Where's Rome? -- King and God -- List of contributors -- Index.
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ISBN:3110596377