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Fourth Ezra : a commentary on the book of Fourth Ezra / by Michael Edward Stone ; edited by Frank Moore Cross.
Library at the Katz Center - Reference Room BS195.H47 S76 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stone, Michael E., 1938-
- Series:
- Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Esdras, 2nd--Commentaries.
- Bible.
- Bible. Apocrypha. Esdras, 2nd--English--Commentaries.
- Bible. Esdras, 2nd.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible. Apocrypha. Esdras, 2nd--English--Commentaries.
- Genre:
- Commentaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [1990]
- Summary:
- Of view on literary unity -- The overall meaning -- The overall meaning in previous scholarship -- Gunkel -- Brandenburger and Harnisch -- Structural aspects of development in version 1-3 -- "The way of the most high" and Ezra's development -- Our approach -- Our analysis of the significance of the framework -- Development inherent in formal structures -- Structural indications of pivotal positions of vision 4 -- Structural elements of the dream visions -- Structural indications in vision 7 -- Conclusions from structure -- Ezra -- Ezra and the angel: Brandenburger and Harnisch -- What happened to Ezra? -- Ezra's conversion -- The odyssey of Ezra's soul -- Ezra and revelation -- Accounting for vision 7 -- Ezra as prophet and "the end of the times"--"The end of the times" and esoteric revelations -- Vision 7 and revealed knowledge -- Vision 7 as revelation of exoteric knowledge -- The central theme of 4 Ezra -- The "message" of the book -- pt.5. 4 Ezra in Jewish literature -- An apocalypse -- The figure of Ezra -- 4 Ezra and known Jewish groups or sects.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Text and transmission:
- Hebrew and Greek
- The versions secondary to the Greek
- Relations between the versions
- Group 1: the Latin and Syriac versions
- The Latin version
- The Arabic Latin fragment
- The new Greek fragment
- The second Armenian version
- The Slavonic version
- The second Georgian version
- The Hebrew version
- The Syriac version
- The Syro-Arabic version
- The Arabic 1 version
- Group 2: the Ethiopic, Georgian, and Coptic versions
- The Ethiopic version
- The Georgian version
- The Coptic version
- The Arabic 2 version
- The Armenian version
- Assessment of the textual situation
- pt. 2. Date, place, and original language
- Date
- Place of composition
- Original language
- pt. 3. Chief critical issues
- The chief critical issues
- The source theory
- Theories of literary unity
- Gunkel
- Some subsequent views
- Brandenburger
- Breech
- Hayman
- Knibb
- Thompson
- pt. 4. The present commentary
- Our view of literary unity
- Use of Preexistent sources
- Reuse of existent Gattungen.
- Of view on literary unity
- The overall meaning
- The overall meaning in previous scholarship
- Brandenburger and Harnisch
- Structural aspects of development in version 1-3
- "The way of the most high" and Ezra's development
- Our approach
- Our analysis of the significance of the framework
- Development inherent in formal structures
- Structural indications of pivotal positions of vision 4
- Structural elements of the dream visions
- Structural indications in vision 7
- Conclusions from structure
- Ezra
- Ezra and the angel: Brandenburger and Harnisch
- What happened to Ezra?
- Ezra's conversion
- The odyssey of Ezra's soul
- Ezra and revelation
- Accounting for vision 7
- Ezra as prophet and "the end of the times"
- "The end of the times" and esoteric revelations
- Vision 7 and revealed knowledge
- Vision 7 as revelation of exoteric knowledge
- The central theme of 4 Ezra
- The "message" of the book
- pt. 5. 4 Ezra in Jewish literature
- An apocalypse
- The figure of Ezra
- 4 Ezra and known Jewish groups or sects.
- 4 Ezra, 2 apocalypse of Baruch and biblical antiquities
- Social matrix and function
- Evidence from Messianism
- Esotericism and sectarianism
- Cognate writings and cognate groups
- The seer in society
- Concluding remarks
- Appendix: 4Q pseudo-Ezekiel
- pt. 6. Ezra in Christian tradition
- 4 Ezra in the early church
- Other writings of Ezra
- Greek apocalypse of Ezra
- Visions of Ezra
- Apocalypse of Sedrach
- Questions of Ezra
- Astrological works of Ezra
- Postscript
- Islamic developments
- Commentary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-458) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stone, Michael E., 1938- Fourth Ezra.
- ISBN:
- 0800660269
- 9780800660260
- OCLC:
- 22209710
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