| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 456 pages) |
| Series |
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 164 |
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Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 164.
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| Contents |
Preface; PART ONE. INTRODUCTION; Matthias Henze -- 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: The Status Quaestionis; PART TWO. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH AND PRE-70 CE JEWISH LITERATURE; Devorah Dimant -- 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Light of Qumran Literature; Gabriele Boccaccini -- The Evilness of Human Nature in 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Paul, and 4 Ezra: A Second Temple Jewish Debate; PART THREE. PSEUDEPIGRAPHY IN 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; John J. Collins -- Enoch and Ezra; Hindy Najman -- Traditionary Processes and Textual Unity in 4 Ezra; Lorenzo DiTommaso -- Who is the 'I' of 4 Ezra? |
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PART FOUR. A CLOSE READING OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCHLoren T. Stuckenbruck -- Ezra's Vision of the Lady: Form and Function of a Turning Point; Lutz Doering -- The Epistle of Baruch and Its Role in 2 Baruch; Benjamin E. Reynolds -- The Otherworldly Mediators in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch: A Comparison with Angelic Mediators in Ascent Apocalypses and in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah; Balazs Tamasi -- Baruch as a Prophet in 2 Baruch; PART FIVE. THE SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; Lester L. Grabbe -- 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in Social and Historical Perspective |
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Pierluigi Piovanelli -- Why Ezra and not Enoch? Rewriting the Script of the First Exile with the Hope for a Prompt Restoration of Zion's FortunesPART SIX. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH, AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; Adela Yarbro Collins -- The Uses of Apocalyptic Eschatology; George W.E. Nickelsburg -- A New Testament Reader's Guide to 2 Baruch: Or a 2 Baruch Reader's Guide to the New Testament; Alexander Toepel -- On a Possible Baptismal Background of 4 Ezra 13:3-6; Eugen J. Pentiuc -- The Nature of the Resurrected Bodies in 2 Baruch and the New Testament |
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PART SEVEN. 4 EZRA, 2 BARUCH, AND POST-70 CE JEWISH LITERATUREDaniel Boyarin -- Enoch, Ezra, and the Jewishness of High Christology -- Steven D. Fraade -- 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch with the (Dis- ) Advantage of Rabbinic Hindsight; PART EIGHT. THE NACHLEBEN OF 4 EZRA AND 2 BARUCH; Karina Martin Hogan -- The Preservation of 4 Ezra in the Vulgate: Thanks to Ambrose, not Jerome; Liv Ingeborg Lied -- Nachleben and Textual Identity: Variants and Variance in the Reception History of 2 Baruch; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Ancient Sources |
| Summary |
This volume covers a wide range of topics around 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, two Jewish apocalypses of the first century CE, including their place of origin and their similarities with the Qumran literature, with early Rabbinic and with Christian texts |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Esdras, 2nd -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Esdras, 2nd fast |
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Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch fast |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Bible Study Guides.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henze, Matthias, editor
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Boccaccini, Gabriele, 1958- editor.
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Zurawski, Jason M., editor
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| ISBN |
9789004258815 |
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9004258817 |
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