Fourth Maccabees and the promotion of the Jewish philosophy: rhetoric, intertexture, and reception
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Rhetorical Situation and Strategic Response -- 1 The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor -- 2 Honor and Shame as Argumentative Topoi...
| Riepilogo: | Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Rhetorical Situation and Strategic Response -- 1 The Author of 4 Maccabees and Greek Paideia: Facets of the Formation of a Hellenistic Jewish Rhetor -- 2 Honor and Shame as Argumentative Topoi in 4 Maccabees -- 3 Fourth Maccabees as Acculturated Resistance Literature -- Part 2 The Rhetorical Contributions of Intertexture -- 4 The Strategic Retelling of Scripturein 4 Maccabees: David's Thirst (4 Macc 3:6-18) -- 5 Engagement with Greco-Roman Intertexture: Conversations about Maternal Affections -- 6 "Father Knew Best": Intertextuality and Argumentation in 4 Macc 18:6-19 -- Part 3 The Legacy of 4 Maccabees -- 7 The Human Ideal, the Problem of Evil, and Moral Responsibility in 4 Maccabees -- 8 Fourth Maccabees and EarlyChristian Martyrdom: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhortatio ad Martyrium -- 9 Ambrose's Use of 4 Maccabees in De Jacob et Vita Beata -- 10 Beyond the Eclectic Text of 4 Maccabees: Reading 4 Maccabees in Codex Sinaiticus -- Conclusion The Rhetorical and Ethical Achievement of 4 Maccabees -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Scripture Index -- Backcover. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0227177908 |