Book III of the Sibylline oracles and its social setting / with an introduction, translation and commentary by Rieuwerd Buitenwerf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buitenwerf, Rieuwerd.

Series:

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha 0929-3523 ; v. 17.

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha, 0929-3523 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Oracula Sibyllina--Book 3.

Oracula Sibyllina.

Oracles, Greek.

Physical Description:

x, 443 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Book 3 of the Sibylline oracles and its social setting

Book three of the Sibylline oracles and its social setting

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

1. Research from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century 5

2. Research in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 29

3. The genesis and development of the Sibylline collection 65

4. Sibylline oracles in the Graeco-Roman period 92

5. Date and provenance of the third Sibylline book 124

Part 2 Structure, translation, and contents of the third Sibylline book

1. Fragment i 144

2. Fragment iii and III 93-161 153

3. III 162-195 179

4. III 196-294 191

5. III 295-488 209

6. III 489-829 236

Part 3 The social setting of the third Sibylline book

1. The third Sibylline book and the social position of Asian Jews 304

2. Literary style and sources of the third Sibylline book 321

3. The religious and ethical message of the third Sibylline book 333

4. The religious and ethical concepts of the third Sibylline book in context 348

5. The author's aim in opting for the genre of Sibylline prophecy 370.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Oracula Sibyllina. Book 3. English.

ISBN:

9004128611

OCLC:

51848462