From Qumran to the Synagogues : : Selected Studies on Ancient Judaism / / Géza G. Xeravits.

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• VerfasserIn: Xeravits, Géza G.,
• MitwirkendeR: Vér, Ádám,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 43
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 292 p.)

This volume collects papers written during the past two decades that explore various aspects of late Second Temple period Jewish literature and the figurative art of the Late Antique synagogues. Most of the papers have a special emphasis on the reinterpretation of biblical figures in early Judaism or demonstrate how various biblical traditions converged into early Jewish theologies. The structure of the volume reflects the main directions of the author’s scholarly interest, examining the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and Late Antique synagogues. The book is edited for the interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism, biblical interpretation, synagogue studies and the effective history of Scripture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- List of Illustrations -- List of Original Publications -- Part I. Dead Sea Scrolls -- Some Remarks on the Early History of Qumran’s Messianic Expectations -- Wisdom Traits in the Qumranic Presentation of the Eschatological Prophet -- From the Forefathers to the “Angry Lion” -- Notes on 11QPsa Creat 7–9 -- Part II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- The Figure of David in the Book of Ben Sira -- “Stranger in a Strange Land” -- The Angel’s Self-Revelation in Tobit 12 -- The Praise of the Widow? -- The Supplication of Judith (Judith 9:2–14) -- Some Common Themes in the Early Jewish Prophetic Biographies of Vitae Prophetarum -- Some Remarks on the Figure of Elijah in Lives of the Prophets 21:1‒3 -- Τhe Wonders of Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets -- The Crossing of the Sea in Pseudo-Philo -- Conflicting Ideas about the Temple in 2 Baruch 4 and 6 -- Part III. Late Antique Synagogues -- Temple and Synagogue in Late Antiquity -- The Message of the West Wall of the Dura Synagogue -- The Figure of Moses in Ancient Synagogue Art -- The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art -- The Figure of Daniel in Late Antique Synagogue Art* The Figure of Daniel in Late -- A Possible Greek Bible Source for Late Antique Synagogue Art -- Indices