Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals : : Papers of the Jubilee Meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books / / ed. by Géza G. Xeravits, József Zsengellér, Xavér Szabó.

The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 22
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Table of Contents --
MAIN PAPERS --
The Penumbra of the Canon: What Do the Deuterocanonical Books Represent? --
Some Brief Notes on the Early History of the Deuterocanonici: A Response to John Collins --
Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature --
Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature: A Response to Ben Wright --
Short Notes on Ben Wright’s “Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature” --
Wisdom in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literatures --
Creation, Torah, and Revealed Wisdom in Some Second Temple Sapiential Texts (Sirach, 4QInstruction, 4Q185, and 4Q525): A Response to John Kampen --
THEMATIC STUDIES --
Philo of Alexandria and Greek Ben Sira --
Images of Imparting Knowledge in Ben Sira and Proverbs --
The Figure of Moses in the Book of Wisdom --
Apocalypticism and Narration in the Book of Tobit --
“What About the Dog?” Tobit’s Mysterious Canine Revisited --
Wisdom in the Book of Tobit --
APPENDIX --
Mr. Deuterocanonical Literature (1546–2013): A Brief Vita of a Controversial Religious Figure --
Index of Modern Authors --
Index of Passages
Summary:The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110367232
9783110238570
9783110238549
9783110638165
9783110369526
9783110370409
ISSN:1865-1666 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110367232
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Géza G. Xeravits, József Zsengellér, Xavér Szabó.