A Treasury in Heaven: The Exegesis of Proverbs 10:2 in the Second Temple Period
The notion of a »treasury in heaven« becomes highly significant in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. A casual reading of the sources might suggest that it was a free creation of the author of Tobit or Sirach, but closer inspection reveals its origins in an exegesis of Prov 10:2 (cf. 11:4...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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| In: |
Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2012, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 351-367 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Trouble
/ Death
/ Intertextuality
/ Bible. Jesus Sirach 29,12
/ Bible. Tobit 4,7-10
/ Bible. Sprichwörter 10,2
/ Luke
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The notion of a »treasury in heaven« becomes highly significant in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. A casual reading of the sources might suggest that it was a free creation of the author of Tobit or Sirach, but closer inspection reveals its origins in an exegesis of Prov 10:2 (cf. 11:4). Not only is the term itself derivable from this verse but its literary and theological function as well. In Sir 29:12 (cf. 5:8), Tob 4:7-10, En. 63:10 and Luke 12:16-21 the phrase is used to reveal the fact that all earthly wealth is perishable, only treasuries funded by charity can deliver one from calamity or death. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219222712804556608 |