The Torah in 1Maccabees : : A Literary Critical Approach to the Text / / Francis Borchardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Borchardt, Francis,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Part I --; I Introduction: The Torah in 1Maccabees --; II Literary Criticism of 1Maccabees --; Part II --; III The Nomos and its Place in 1Maccabees --; IV Concluding Remarks --; Appendix: Text and Translation of the Strata --; Bibliography --; Index of Modern Authors --; Index of Ancient Sources
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110323481; 9783110238570; 9783110238549; 9783110638165; 9783110369526; 9783110370409
• ISSN: 1865-1666
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110323481
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Francis Borchardt.

This volume addresses two pivotal questions surrounding the composition of 1Maccabees. It sets out to discern the place and function of the torah within the community described by the book. However, before addressing the main problem, the author must first determine the composition history of the text. Given that the former orthodoxy of a unitary authorship seems to be breaking down, and no consensus has taken its place, a literary critical investigation occupies a necessary and lengthy portion of the work. Once a recommendation for the book’s composition history is reached, attitudes toward the inherited Judean tradition are described in each of the strata discovered. The resulting study reveals a wide variety of opinions on the Judean traditions and their function in society. This contributes to the current trend in scholarship of the Hellenistic period questioning the dichotomy between Judaism and Hellenism by demonstrating the different attitudes within even one text.