Friendship in the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olyan, Saul M., author.

Series:

Anchor Yale Bible reference library

The Anchor Yale Bible reference library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Friendship--Biblical teaching.

Friendship.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Production:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom book Ben Sira. This in-depth, contextually sensitive, and theoretically engaged study explores how the expectations of friends and family members overlap and differ, examining, among other things, characteristics that make the friend a distinct social actor; failed friendship; and friendships in narratives such as those of Ruth and Naomi, and Jonathan and David. Olyan presents a comprehensive look at what constitutes friendship in the Hebrew Bible.

Contents:

Friends and Family

Failed Friendship

Friendship in Narrative

Friendship in Ben Sira.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0300182686

9780300182682

OCLC:

946160185