4 Maccabees / David A. DeSilva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

deSilva, David A., 1967- author.

Series:

Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fourth Book of Maccabees--Commentaries.

Fourth Book of Maccabees.

Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Hellenistic Greek society offered many advantages to the Jew who was willing to relax Torah for the sake of easier relations with the dominant culture. 4 Maccabees was written to reassure Jewish readers that Torah was in fact the sole path to the perfection of the virtues honoured in Greek culture, as it freed the diligent devotee from slavery to the desire, emotion and the domination of pain and pleasure. In brief compass, deSilva provides a detailed look at the rhetorical and philosophical strategy of the author of 4 Maccabees, who redirects the hearers' desire for honour and advancement tow

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Texts, Translations and Commentaries; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. 4 Maccabees and the Jewish Diaspora: Setting, Purpose and Strategy; 3. 4 Maccabees as Philosophical Demonstration; 4. 4 Maccabees as Encomium; 5. 4 Maccabees as Protreptic Discourse; 6. The Theology of 4 Maccabees; 7. The Influence of 4 Maccabees on the Early Church; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 15, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613201171

9781283201179

1283201178

9780567615800

0567615804

OCLC:

741687197