Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint

Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint / by Benjamin G. Wright III.

Features fifteen articles that focus on three interrelated themes in the study of Early Judaism. This work explores how specific wisdom and apocalyptic texts relate. It also focuses on how traditional material was shaped and framed in order to ensure its successful transmission to subsequent generat...

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Main Author: Wright, Benjamin G., III
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 131.
Subjects:
Aristeas > Epistolographus > ca. v3. Jh. > Ad Philocratem
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.
Letter of Aristeas.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus
Bible. > Old Testament
Letter of Aristeas
Bibel > Altes Testament > Septuaginta
Bibel > Jesus Sirach
Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies.
Wisdom literature
Frühjudentum
Weisheitsliteratur
Septuaginta.
Pseudepigrafer (Gamla Testamentet)
Qumran
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Features fifteen articles that focus on three interrelated themes in the study of Early Judaism. This work explores how specific wisdom and apocalyptic texts relate. It also focuses on how traditional material was shaped and framed in order to ensure its successful transmission to subsequent generations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 361 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789047443636
9047443632
1282399543
9781282399549
9786612399541
6612399546
ISSN:1384-2161 ;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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