The jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran : a history of interpretation / by John Sietze Bergsma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergsma, John Sietze.

Series:

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 115.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; v. 115

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jubilee (Judaism).

Sabbatical year (Judaism).

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

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The observation of the Jubilee Year 2000 by many Christian groups worldwide generated renewed interest in the theological, historical, and socio-economic aspects of the biblical jubilee. This book begins with an analysis of the historical origins of the jubilee institution in ancient Israel, and then traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee and the text of Leviticus 25 through the Old Testament, the Second Temple literature, and the Qumran documents. It demonstrates that, with the passage of time, the socio-economic implementation of the jubilee is increasingly de-emphasized in favor of an eschatological interpretation, in which the jubilee itself functions as a type of the final age, and cycles of jubilee years are employed to calculate when this age will arrive.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 1 The Jubilee and its History of Interpretation / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 2 Antecedents of the Jubilee Legislation / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 3 The Life-Setting (Sitz-im-Leben) of the Jubilee / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 4 The Jubilee as Text: Setting, Structure, Exegesis of Leviticus 25 / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 5 The Jubilee in Other Pentateuchal Texts / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 6 Pertinent Texts in Kings and Jeremiah / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 7 The Jubilee in the Latter Prophets / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 8 The Jubilee in the Writings / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 9 The Jubilee in Second Temple Literature / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 10 The Jubilee at Qumran / John Sietze Bergsma

Chapter 11 Conclusions / John Sietze Bergsma

Bibliography / John Sietze Bergsma

Scripture Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma

Dead Sea Scrolls Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma

Pseudephigrapha Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma

Modern Author Index / John Sietze Bergsma

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum / John Sietze Bergsma.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-325) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-40026-2

9786611400262

90-474-1056-4

OCLC:

290556571

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004152991.i-353 DOI