ISBN:
9783657704866
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (363 p.)
,
2 b&w tables
Edition:
1st ed.
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Journal of Ancient Judaism - Supplements 34
Series Statement:
Journal of ancient Judaism Supplements
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als García, Jeffrey P. On human nature in early Judaism
Keywords:
Anthropology
;
Early Judaism
;
Ecclesiastes
;
Josephus
;
Second Temple
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Menschenbild
;
Frühjudentum
;
Literatur
;
Anthropologie
;
Frühjudentum
;
Literatur
Abstract:
This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God. Jewish discourse in the Greco-Roman period (4th c. BCE until 1st c. CE) on human nature was not exclusively particularistic, although the immediate concern was often communal-specific. Evidence shows that many of these discussions were also an attempt to grasp a general, or universal, human nature. The focus of this work has been narrowed to three categories that encapsulate the most prevalent themes in Second Temple Jewish texts, namely, creation, composition, and condition.
Note:
Online resource; title from title screen (viewed May 11, 2021)
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