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Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period
- Title
- Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period / by Ari Mermelstein.
- Author
- Mermelstein, Ari
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- xii, 216 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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 event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees, the Animal Apocalypse, and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and the inevitable redemption, history did not assume the shape of a line but of a circle. These authors restored continuity across history by reducing historical events to a series of static, repeating patterns that linked one period to the next in uninterrupted fashion until the end-time.
- Series Statement
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 168
- Uniform Title
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 168.
- Subjects
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
- Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Judaism > Origin
- Time > Religious aspects > Judaism
- Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Bible > Ecclesiasticus
- History
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-7666
- ISBN
- 9789004281059
- 9004281053
- LCCN
- 2014027747
- OCLC
- 886381570
- Author
- Mermelstein, Ari, author.
- Title
- Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period / by Ari Mermelstein.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 168Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 168.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-7666