Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis Maren R. Niehoff, Christoph Markschies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niehoff, Maren, editor.

Markschies, Christoph, editor.

Series:

Chronoi , 2701-1453 ; 21

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (V, 134 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Maren R. Niehoff, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Christoph Markschies, Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Germany.

Summary:

This collection of articles investigates notions of time in ancient Jewish and Christian Bible interpretation, a genre which is not intrinsically connected with the calculation of time, but enters the debates about time as part of a broader negotiation of religious boundaries. An international team of researchers uncovers the dynamics of competing notions of time and the cultural embeddedness of each. The following debates about diverging notions of time are discussed as test cases of constructing religious and exegetical boundaries: eternity of time as wholly other, conceived by Plato and reinterpreted by the Jewish exegete Philo; day one of the creation between ideal and measurable time, interpreted differently by Philo and Philoponus, a Christian exegete; cyclical time in the world conflagration as debated among pagan philosophers, Hellenistic and rabbinic Jews as well as Christian exegetes; the contrast between Gods timelessness and human embeddedness in measurable time as seen by Platonic and Christian authors; and finally, the conflict between messianic and historical time, which prompted lively encounters not only between Jews and Christians, but also among the various members of each group.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Maren R. Niehoff, Christoph Markschies

Some Aspects of Time and Eternity in Philos De aeternitate mundi / Glenn W. Most

Gods Clock and the First Hours of the World / Ludovica De Luca

The Conflagration of the World in Philo, Josephus and Rabbi Abbahu / Maren R. Niehoff

The Concept of Time in Origen / Christoph Markschies

The Time and Context of the Consolation Prophecies / Oz Tamir

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed March 30 2026)

ISBN:

3-11-222598-8