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1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction and summary of results -- Transmission History -- History of Scholarship -- Goals and Conclusions of the Present Study -- Text and Recensional Relationship -- The Religious Affiliation of the Author -- Date of Composition -- Original Language -- Provenance -- Sitz im Leben -- Eschatology -- 2. Evidence for the text of 6 Ezra -- Primary Evidence: The Manuscripts -- Description of the Significant Manuscripts -- Conclusion to the Discussion of the Manuscripts -- Secondary Evidence: Quotations and an Epitome -- Gildas's "De excidio Britanniae" (ca. 540) -- The Mozarabic Liturgy (Date Uncertain) -- The Roman Liturgy (Date Uncertain) -- The Epitome of 6 Ezra in the León Manuscript (Twelfth Century) -- 3. Reconstructing the two recensions -- The Readings of the Latin Manuscripts -- Sangermanensis (S) -- Ambianensis (A) -- Complutensis 1 (C) -- Mazarinaeus (M) -- Bruxellensis (N) -- Epternacensis (E) -- Abulensis (V) -- Legionensis 2 (L) -- The Lost Exemplar of 15:59 ... 16:31 in Manuscript S -- The Latin Manuscript Groups and Hyparchetypes -- Text r (Common Ancestor of V and L) -- Text q (Common Ancestor of C and r) -- Text p (Common Ancestor of M, N, and E) -- Text t (Common Ancestor of S and A; Hyparchetype of the French Family) -- Text u (Common Ancestor of p and q; Hyparchetype of the Spanish family) -- The Relationship between the Oxyrhynchus Greek Fragment and the Latin Recensions -- Secondary Witnesses to the Text: Quotations and the Epitome in Manuscript L -- Gildas's "De excidio Britanniae" -- The Mozarabic Liturgy -- The Roman Liturgy -- The Epitome of 6 Ezra in the León Manuscript -- Conclusion -- 4. The relationship between the two recensions -- Methodological Considerations -- Analysis of the Differences between the Recensions -- Grammatical and Stylistic Features -- Synonymous Lexical Variants -- Differences in Meaning, Including Theological Factors and Apparent Corruptions -- Quantitative Differences (Additions and Deletions) -- Conclusions -- Additional Considerations -- 5. Vocabulary -- The Vocabulary of the Earliest Recoverable (French) Text of 6 Ezra -- The Vocabulary of the Secondary (Spanish) Recension of 6 Ezra -- 6. The religious affiliation of the author -- 7. Date -- Appendixes -- 1. The Text of 6 Ezra: Parallel Alignment of the French and Spanish Recensions, with All Textual Witnesses -- 2. 6 Ezra: An Eclectic Latin Text -- 3. 6 Ezra: Translation -- 4. Textual Relationships between the Manuscripts of 4, 5, and 6 Ezra -- 5. Index of Words in Latin Witnesses to the Text of 6 Ezra -- 6. Index of Greek Words in Oxyrhynchus Fragment 1010 -- Index of passages -- Index of names and terms |
| Summary |
6 Ezra is a short, oracular writing that is included in the biblical Apocrypha as the final two chapters (chapters 15-16) of 4 Ezra or 2 Esdras. Cast as the words of God mediated through an unnamed prophet, the main part of the work sets forth predictions of impending doom for the world. It is reminiscent of, and stands in the tradition of, Jewish and Christian prophetic writings that enunciate God's woes and threats against a sinful humanity, and envisage imminent destruction on the earth as a result. 6 Ezra is also concerned to exhort a group of God's chosen people to remain faithful and resist sin in order to escape the impending destruction. There has never been a major study of 6 Ezra or even a complete critical edition of the book, and indeed little has been written about it since the nineteenth century. This book is designed to fill that gap, offering a detailed analysis of the text itself, and addressing the question of its social setting, provenance, date, religious affiliation, and recensional situation of the text. It will also serve to make this important text accesible to a wider audience, while laying the foundations for its further study |
| Analysis |
6 Ezra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and indexes |
| Notes |
Appendixes include a parallel alignment of the French and Spanish recensions of the Latin text, a full Latin text, and an English translation of 6 Ezra (2 Esdras 15-16) |
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Print version record |
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Bible. Esdras, 2nd, XV-XVI -- Criticism, Textual
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Bible. Esdras, 2nd, XV-XVI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bibel Esra gnd |
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11.37 Apocrypha and pseudepigraphs.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies.
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IV Ezra (apocrief)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
058527035X |
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9780585270357 |
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1280453591 |
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9781280453595 |
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