Poverty, law, and divine justice in Persian and Hellenistic Judah / Johannes Unsok Ro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ro, Johannes Un-Sok, author.

Series:

Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 32.

Ancient Israel and its literature ; number 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

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

Jews.

Punishment--Biblical teaching.

Punishment.

Poor--Biblical teaching.

Poor.

Qumran community.

Jewish law.

Jews--Economic conditions.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 300 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Johannes Unsok Ro addresses some of the core themes that are crucially important for understanding the background of the formation of the Hebrew Bible during the Persian and Hellenistic periods, including the relationship between the shaping of the canon and literacy in the Judean community, strangers in the biblical law codes, the socioeconomic structures of Judean communities reflected in the biblical law codes, the development of the theological concept of divine punitive justice, the piety of the poor in certain Psalms, and the concept of poverty in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ro focuses on the Pentateuch, the Deuteronomistic History, the Prophetic Literature, the Psalms, and the Dead Sea Scrolls to challenge many assumptions and to shed new light on biblical documents produced in this time period"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-278) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Ro, Johannes Un-Sok. Poverty, law, and divine justice in Persian and Hellenistic Judah.

ISBN:

9781628372069

1628372060

9780884142867

0884142868

OCLC:

1008972715