The Secret of Time.
This book explores how Jewish traditions of wisdom are being reshaped in the Greco-Roman period and demonstrates that reflection on time as an organizing principle is formative for emerging wisdom concepts, which are expressed by the enigmatic phrase rāz nihyeh.
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| Superior document: | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Series ; v.143 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Beyond the Limits of Wisdom
- 1 Rethinking Categories
- 2 The Sectarian Divide
- Chapter 2 Redefining the Sage
- 1 mēbîn
- 2 maśkîl
- 3 ḥākām
- 4 Conclusion
- Chapter 3 Continuous Study
- 1 By Day and by Night
- 2 Keeping Watch
- 3 Celestial Beings
- 4 Conclusion
- Chapter 4 The Dynamics of Revelation
- 1 The Body and Evil Forces
- 2 The Fleshly Spirit
- 3 Heavenly Light
- 4 Conclusion
- Chapter 5 Rāz Nihyeh
- 1 Turning to the Past
- 2 The Divisions of the Times
- 3 Divine Thinking
- 4 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Subject Index.