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Rhetoric in 2Maccabees : Challenging God

Title
Rhetoric in 2Maccabees : Challenging God / edited by Nicholas Peter Legh Allen and Pierre J. Jordaan.
Publication
  • Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Allen, Nicholas Peter Legh
  • Jordaan, Pierre Johan
Description
xiv, 212 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
" From a religio-historical perspective, 2Maccabees should be considered a watershed narrative--one that describes the threat of Hellenisation to traditional Jewish religious society. However, by the time 2Macc was written (c. 124 BCE), Judaism had already been greatly Hellenised and, quite ironically, the Jewish opponents to Hellenisation were deliberately employing Greek rhetorical and literary competencies to combat supposedly iniquitous Greek influences. Accordingly, 2Macc has intrigued scholars since at least the nineteenth century. Here, research has variously focused on the grammatical-hi"--
Subject
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible
  • Rhetoric in the Bible
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Call Number
JFD 21-1267
ISBN
  • 1527563588
  • 9781527563582
OCLC
1231958714
Title
Rhetoric in 2Maccabees : Challenging God / edited by Nicholas Peter Legh Allen and Pierre J. Jordaan.
Publisher
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author
Allen, Nicholas Peter Legh, editor.
Jordaan, Pierre Johan, editor.
Research Call Number
JFD 21-1267
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