The early reception of the Torah / edited by Kristin De Troyer [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Troyer, Kristin, editor.

Series:

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; Volume 39.

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies ; Volume 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 204 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume contains the papers presented at the 2017 meeting of the SBL Program Unit on Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature in Boston, MA. The theme of the sessions was the interpretation of Torah in deuterocanonical literature. The contributions cover a variety of concepts and themes related to Torah and trace these through the Hebrew Bible, into the Septuagintal deuterocanonical books and other relevant and cognate literature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Inheriting, Developing, and Debating within Tradition: Abraham’s Torah Observance in Second Temple Judaism

Massah and Meribah Re-interpreted: Biblical Accounts, Judith, and Josephus

Emotion and Law in the Book of Baruch

The Torah in the Diaspora: The LXX Esther and Tobit as Test-cases

Fearing the Lord God: The Reception of Deuteronomic and Deuteronomistic Torah Tropes in Tobit

Re-Examining Torah in the Wisdom of Ben Sira: Was Hellenistic Wisdom Torahised?

Searching the Book of Law: Jewish Divination in 1 Maccabees 3:48

The Sabbath: From Biblical Commandment to Halakhic Discussion

Torah in the Fourth Book of Maccabees

Moses versus Enoch? On the Reception of the Mosaic Torah in the Book of Enoch

Mosaic Torah and Defense against Demons in the Book of Jubilees

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-069180-9

OCLC:

1183954546