ISBN:
9789047412632
,
9789004136144
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2004
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 84
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als I Cried to the Lord : A Study of the Psalms of Solomon's Historical Background and Social Setting
Keywords:
Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
;
Judaism Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Abstract:
This study examines the date of composition, the social setting, the provenance, and the religious affiliation of the eighteen Greek poems known as the Psalms of Solomon, a Palestinian Jewish pseudepigraphon from the first century B.C.E. The book is divided into two major historical units: Pompeian and pre-Pompeian era Psalms of Solomon. A separate chapter examines the remaining Psalms of which the precise historical backgrounds are uncertain. All chapters include a translation of the psalm under examination, textual notes, and a discussion of all the characters mentioned in the text. The book explores the Psalms of Solomon's use of poetry to document Pompey's 63 B.C.E. conquest of Jerusalem through a comparison with contemporary classical texts, Dead Sea Scrolls, and archaeology
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047412632
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