ISBN:
9789004281653
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 216 pages)
Year of publication:
2015
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 168
Series Statement:
Brill Biblical studies, Ancient Near East and early Christianity e-books online$acollection 2015
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
Journal for the study of Judaism Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mermelstein, Ari, 1971 - Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism
Keywords:
Bible
;
Bible
;
Geschichte 500 v.Chr.-70
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586 B.C. - 210 A.D
;
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Time Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Judaism History
;
Judaism Origin
;
Judentum
;
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
;
Judaism
;
Judaism ; Origin
;
Judaism ; Post-exilic period (Judaism)
;
Time ; Religious aspects ; Judaism
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Pseudepigraphen
;
Judentum
;
Geschichtsschreibung
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction: The Relationship between Time and History in Second Temple Literature -- 2 Wisdom of Ben Sira: Jewish History as the Unfolding of Creation -- 3 Wisdom of Ben Sira: Timelessness in Support of the Temple-State -- 4 The Book of Jubilees: Timeless Dimensions of a Covenantal Relationship -- 5 The Animal Apocalypse: The Timeless Symbols of History -- 6 Fourth Ezra: Time and History as Theological Critique -- 7 Synthesis and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Primary Sources.
Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an unprecedented event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees , the Animal Apocalypse , and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and redemption, history unfolds as a series of static, repeating patterns that simultaneously account for the disappointments of the Second Temple period and confirm the eternal nature of the covenant. As iterations of timeless, cyclical patterns, the difficult post-exilic present and the glorious redemption of the future emerge as familiar, unremarkable, and inevitable historical developments
Note:
Teilw. in hebr. Schrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004281653
