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Torah : Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schniedewind, William M.
- Series:
- Early Judaism and Its Literature
- Early Judaism and Its Literature ; v.56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Pentateuch.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (571 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Society of Biblical Literature, 2022.
- Summary:
- The present volume explores the ever-evolving understandings and diverse manifestations of the Hebrew notion of torah in early Jewish and Christian literature and the different roles torah played within those communities, whether in Judea or in the Hellenistic and early Roman diaspora.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1. Notions of Torah in the Hebrew Bible, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Septuagint
- Diversity and Development of tora in the Hebrew Bible
- Torah as Speech Performance in the Hebrew Bible
- Tora as Mode of Conveyance
- Possible Ideological Tendencies in the MT, the LXX, and the SP
- From tora to νόμος
- Levites as Prophets and Scribes and Their Role in the Transmission of the Torah
- From the Torah of Polluted and Inedible Meats to Diet as a Marker of Jewish Identity
- Part 2. Notions of Torah in Second Temple Judaism
- Where Is the Torah in Ben Sira?
- The Normativity of Torah in Ezra-Nehemiah and Ben Sira
- Variegated Notions of Torah
- Torah for Insight
- Torah and the Search for Wisdom in Hellenistic Judea
- Torah and Apocalypticism in the Second Temple Period
- Torah and Halakah in the Hellenistic Period
- Torah for the Moment
- The "Stoic" Solomon
- Nomos Human and Divine in the Wisdom of Solomon
- From Torah to Torahization
- Part 3. Notions of Torah in the New Testament
- Paul and Νόμος, and Broader Perspectives
- Paul's Definition of "Circumcision of the Heart"
- Jewish Torah for a Gentile World
- Jewish Legal Interpretation and the New Testament
- Part 4. Notions of Torah in Late Antiquity
- The Status of the Torah in Late Antiquity
- Paul, Augustine, and the "I" of Romans 7
- Tora? Torah? Flora!
- Contributors
- Ancient Sources Index
- Modern Authors Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schniedewind, William M. Torah
- ISBN:
- 9781628375046
- 1628375043
- OCLC:
- 1303081497
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