ISBN:
9783657704866
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 341 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Journal of Ancient Judaism - Supplements 34
Series Statement:
Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9783657100224
Series Statement:
Journal of ancient Judaism Supplements
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als García, Jeffrey P. On human nature in early Judaism
Keywords:
Judaism
;
Jews Study and teaching
;
Frühjudentum
;
Menschenbild
;
Theologische Anthropologie
;
Philosophische Anthropologie
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 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
DOI:
10.30965/9783657704866
