Signs of Greek Education in the Book of Judith

Abstract This article examines Judith’s prayer in chapter 9 of the book of Judith from the perspective of the guidelines on speech-in-character found in Aelius Theon’s Progymnasmata (mid/end of the first century CE ). According to the guidelines, it is important for an author of prose to achieve cor...

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Main Author: Mortensen, Jacob P. B. 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 457-486
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Theon, Aelius ca. 1./2.Jh. / Bible. Altes Testament. Apocrypha / Rhetoric / Theology
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B original language of the book of Judith
B rhetoric and theology
B Progymnasmata
B The book of Judith
B speech-in-character
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Summary:Abstract This article examines Judith’s prayer in chapter 9 of the book of Judith from the perspective of the guidelines on speech-in-character found in Aelius Theon’s Progymnasmata (mid/end of the first century CE ). According to the guidelines, it is important for an author of prose to achieve correspondence between the literary persona and the actual speech-in-character. This article examines the extent to which Judith’s prayer in chapter 9 observes Theon’s guidelines, as well as the theological implications of this.
ISSN:1570-0631
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-BJA10011