Interpreting 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch : international studies / edited by Gabriele Boccaccini, Jason M. Zurawski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958- editor.

Zurawski, Jason, editor.

Series:

Library of Second Temple studies ; 87.

Library of Second Temple studies ; 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Esdras, 2nd--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Esdras, 2nd.

Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.

Contents:

4 Ezra in the apocalyptic tradition. More than the present : perspectives on world history in 4 Ezra and The book of the watchers / Veronika Bachmann ; Apocalyptic ideas in 4 Ezra in comparison with the Dead Sea scrolls / Bilhah Nitzan ; The "meaning of history" in the fifth vision of 4 Ezra / Laura Bizzarro

4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and early Christian literature. The woman who anoints Jesus for his burial (Mark 14) and the woman who laments her dead son (4 Ezra 9-10) : twice the same person? / Andreas Bedenbender ; Days of creation in 4 Ezra 6:38-59 and John 1-5 / Calum Carmichael ; 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and the Epistle to the Hebrews : three approaches to the interpretation of Psalm 104:4 / Eric F. Mason ; "Good tidings" of Baruch to the Christian faithful (the Epistle of 2 Baruch 78-87) / Rivk Nir

Close readings of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch. The two worlds and Adam's sin : the problem of 4 Ezra 7:10-14 / Jason M. Zurawski ; Eschatological rewards for the righteous in 2 Baruch / Daniel M. Gurtner ; Death and the afterlife in 2 Baruch / Jared Ludlow ; The calendar implied in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra : two modifications of the one scheme / Basil Lourié ; The fate of Jerusalem in 2 Baruch and 4 Ezra : from earth to heaven and back? / Carla Sulzbach

4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in their social and historical settings. 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch : archaeology and elusive answers to our perennial questions / James Hamilton Charlesworth ; The use of cryptographic and esoteric scripts in Second Temple Judaism and the surrounding cultures / Stephen Pfann ; Apocalyptic as delusion : a psychoanalytic approach / J. Harold Ellens.

Notes:

Proceedings of "the sixth seminar, which took place just outside of Milan, June 26-30, 2011, was dedicated to the memory of the great archaeologist and scholar Hanan Eshel Z"L."--ECIP introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567442314

0567442314

9780567407672

0567407675

OCLC:

863044129