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

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

This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an unprecedented event which severed the present...

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Main Author: Mermelstein, Ari.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 168.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

Subjects:

Bible. > Ecclesiasticus.
586 B.C. - 210 A.D.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Time > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Judaism > History.
Judaism > Origin.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Judaism.
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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Call Number: BS1700 .M385 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction: 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Primary Sources.