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Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mermelstein, Ari (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 168.
Subjects:
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus.
Time > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Judaism > History.
Judaism > Origin.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 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.