The Torah in 1 Maccabees : a literary critical approach to the text / Francis Borchardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borchardt, Francis, 1981- author.

Series:

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; Volume 19.

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 1865-1666 ; Volume 19

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Bible. Maccabees, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachussetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses two pivotal questions surrounding the composition of 1Maccabees. It sets out to discern the place and function of the torah within the community described by the book. However, before addressing the main problem, the author must first determine the composition history of the text. Given that the former orthodoxy of a unitary authorship seems to be breaking down, and no consensus has taken its place, a literary critical investigation occupies a necessary and lengthy portion of the work. Once a recommendation for the book's composition history is reached, attitudes toward the inherited Judean tradition are described in each of the strata discovered. The resulting study reveals a wide variety of opinions on the Judean traditions and their function in society. This contributes to the current trend in scholarship of the Hellenistic period questioning the dichotomy between Judaism and Hellenism by demonstrating the different attitudes within even one text.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Part I

I Introduction: The Torah in 1Maccabees

II Literary Criticism of 1Maccabees

Part II

III The Nomos and its Place in 1Maccabees

IV Concluding Remarks

Appendix: Text and Translation of the Strata

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Ancient Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110372557

311037255X

9783110323481

3110323486

OCLC:

875867837