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Friendship in the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover)
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Friendship in the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover)
Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
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The first comprehensive study of friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross
disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely
ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its
complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our
knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan
provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social
relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan
analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives,
prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections,
and the Hellenistic-era wisdom book Ben Sira. This in-depth,
contextually sensitive, and theoretically engaged study explores
how the expectations of friends and family members overlap and
differ, examining, among other things, characteristics that make
the friend a distinct social actor; failed friendship; and
friendships in narratives such as those of Ruth and Naomi, and
Jonathan and David. Olyan presents a comprehensive look at what
constitutes friendship in the Hebrew Bible.
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