Sacrificial offerings presented to God in the Greek version of Sirach / Peter Beckman.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Beckman, Peter, 1993- Author.

Series:

Studies in biblical literature ; v. 188.

Studies in biblical literature, 1089-0645 ; v. 188

Standardized Title:

Linguistic and historical analysis of sacrificial offerings presented to a deity in the Old Greek version of Sirach http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/835a932b-f25b-f85e-5924-54c0c13ab696

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Ecclesiasticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Sacrifice--Biblical teaching.

Sacrifice.

Physical Description:

xx, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2026]

Summary:

"Greek Sirach is a Jewish religious text translated from Hebrew in Egypt after 132 BC. Egyptian Jews were an ethnic minority whose religious and ethnic identity was defined by their distinctive worship and cultic practices. Their demotic and non-Jewish Greek neighbors engaged in non-exclusive polytheistic worship and cultic practices to multiple deities. In contrast to this inclusive milieu, most Jews exclusively worshiped the God of Israel and presented material cultic offerings in the Jerusalem Sanctuary. Because they were surrounded by different cultic practices, some Jews assimilated inclusive cultic and religious practices from their neighbors. In response, in order to correctly transmit their religious tradition, some traditional monotheistic Jews engaged in educational formation. A primary function of Sirach was to shape, educate, and reinforce Jewish youths' beliefs and behaviors, including their exclusive monotheistic cultic practices. Through the reading of the book, the metaphorical sage taught and exhorted his readers on how to live a wise life, including correct and acceptable sacrificial worship"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Greek Sirach's monotheistic sacrifice in its social and cultic context of Ptolemaic Egypt

Offerings in Greek Sirach within the Ptolemaic world

An analysis of offerings presented to a deity in Sirach

Concluding synthesis.

Notes:

Revised publication Ph.D Saint Paul University, Ottawa.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-146) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Beckman, Peter, 1993- Sacrificial offerings presented to God in the Greek version of Sirach

ISBN:

9783034351423

3034351429

OCLC:

1570759581