The Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition: Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009

Published by De Gruyter 2010

The Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition

Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009

Edited by: Géza G. Xeravits and Jan Dušek

Volume 4 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110222043

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About this book

This volume presents selected papers read at the first meeting of the Society for Jewish and Biblical Studies in Central Europe, in Piliscsaba, Hungary, February 2009, but does not publish the proceedings of this meeting (for a clarification see here). The papers investigate various aspects of the concept “Stranger” in Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible to Mediaeval Jewish thought. The bulk of the material focuses on Early Jewish literature, which mirrors an intensive interaction with the Hellenistic system of thought, and the development of concurring Jewish interpretations of traditional values.
The papers of the volume provide insightful case studies about the formation of Jewish identity in diverse periods of Israelite and Jewish history, as well as the different attitudes to strangers, being either outsiders, or belonging to opposing sects of Judaism itself. The reader finds essays of historical, literary, and hermeneutical attention; of interest also to scholars of various forms of ancient and mediaeval Judaism.

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Géza G. Xeravits, Sapientia Theological College, Budapest, Hungary.

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Ancient Judaism
Wem und wohin gehörte Atarot? Miklós Kőszeghy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
“Strangers to One Another” The Motif of Strangeness in the Jephthah-Cycle Dolores Kamrada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Some Reflections on the Foreigner in the Dedicatory Prayer of Solomon David Benka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Identität wahren — Integration fördern. Überlegungen auf dem Boden des Alten Testaments Bernhard Klinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Early Judaism
Der Fremde bei Ben Sira. Die Spannungen zwischen der spätalttestamentlichen und hellenistischen Weltauffassung Friedrich V. Reiterer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
“Stranger in a Strange Land”. Tobiah’s Journey Géza G. Xeravits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Le rapport au monde étranger à l’époque hellénistique et ses changements dans le livre de Judith et dans les inscriptions historiques des Psaumes Zsolt Cziglányi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Die Beziehung der Makkabäer zu fremden Nationen — die Bündnisse mit Rom und Sparta Viktor Kókai Nagy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
„Ein Bethaus — für alle Völker?“ Tempel, Völker und prophetischer Heilsuniversalismus im ersten Makkabäerbuch Zoltán Kustár Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Women as Strangers in Ancient Judaism: The Harlot in 4Q184 Ida Fröhlich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
“Strange Prophet Behind the Scenes” Balaam’s Anonym Prophecies as Key Texts of the Messianic Ideas and Biblical Interpretations of the Qumran Community József Zsengellér Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Rabbinic and Mediaeval Judaism
The Use of Rhetoric in the Creation of a “Rabbinic” Identity in the Discourse of Rabbinic Literature Eszter K. Füzessy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Identification with a Woman? The Hannah Figure in the Babylonian Talmud (Berakhot 31a‐32b) Susanne Plietzsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Jews and Romans as Friends and Foes according to Sefer Josippon Dagmar Börner‐Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 251
Keywords: Biblical Studies; Early Judaism; Mediaeval Jewish Thought; Stranger

eBook

Published: February 23, 2010
ISBN: 9783110222043

Hardcover

Published: February 17, 2010
ISBN: 9783110222036