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...
| 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 |