Research Catalog

Title

Hellenism and the primary history : the imprint of Greek sources in Genesis - 2 Kings / Robert Karl Gnuse.

Author

Gnuse, Robert Karl, 1947-

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

xii, 192 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This collection of essays seeks to demonstrate that many biblical authors deliberately used Classical and Hellenistic Greek texts for inspiration when crafting many of the narratives in the Primary History. Through detailed analysis of the text, Gnuse contends that there are numerous examples of clear influence from late classical and Hellenistic literature. Deconstructing the biblical and Greek works in parallel, he argues that there are too many similarities in basic theme, meaning, and detail, for them to be accounted for by coincidence or shared ancient tropes. Using this evidence, he suggests that although much of the text may originate from the Persian period, large parts of its final form likely date from the Hellenistic era. With the help of an original introduction and final chapter, Gnuse pulls his essays together into a coherent collection for the first time. The resultant volume offers a valuable resource for anyone working on the dating of the Hebrew Bible, as well as those working on Hellenism in the ancient Levant more broadly"--

Series Statement

Copenhagen international seminar

Uniform Title

• Essays. Selections
• Copenhagen international seminar.

Alternative Title

Essays.

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, Textual
• Bible. > Extra-canonical parallels
• Bible
• Greek literature > Relation to the Old Testament
• Greek literature, Hellenistic > History and criticism
• Extra-canonical parallels
• Greek literature, Hellenistic

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction : An intellectual odyssey -- A Hellenistic first testament? : the views of minimalist scholars -- Spilt water : tales of David in 2 Sam 23:13-17 and of Alexander in Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 6.26.1-3 -- Abducted wives : a Hellenistic narrative in Judges 21? -- From prison to prestige : the hero who helps a king in Jewish and Greek literature -- Divine messengers in Genesis 18-19 and Ovid -- Greek connections : Genesis 1-11 and the poetry of Hesiod -- Genesis 1-11 and the Greek historiographers Hecataeus of Miletus and Herodotus of Halicarnassus -- Heed your steeds : Achilles' horses and Balaam's donkey -- Samson and Heracles revisted -- The sacrificed maiden : Iphigenia and Jephthah's daughter -- The maximalist/minimalist debate over historical memory in the primary history of the Old Testament.

Call Number

JFE 21-3190

ISBN

• 9780367462468
• 036746246X

LCCN

2020017925

OCLC

1145077588

Author

Gnuse, Robert Karl, 1947- author.

Title

Hellenism and the primary history : the imprint of Greek sources in Genesis - 2 Kings / Robert Karl Gnuse.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Copenhagen international seminar

Copenhagen international seminar.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Gnuse, Robert Karl, 1947- Hellenism and the primary history. New York : Routledge, 2020 9781003029434 (DLC) 2020017926

Research Call Number

JFE 21-3190