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This volume collects papers written during the past two decades
that explore various aspects of late Second Temple period Jewish
literature and the figurative art of the Late Antique synagogues.
Most of the papers have a special emphasis on the reinterpretation
of biblical figures in early Judaism or demonstrate how various
biblical traditions converged into early Jewish theologies. The
structure of the volume reflects the main directions of the
author's scholarly interest, examining the Dead Sea Scrolls, the
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and Late Antique synagogues. The book
is edited for the interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism,
biblical interpretation, synagogue studies and the effective
history of Scripture.
The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in
the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the
Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal
figures as authoritative in Early Judaism. The topic of the volume
thus reflects Ben Wright's research, who-especially with his work
on Ben Sira, on the Letter of Aristeas, and on various problems of
authority in Early Jewish texts-creatively contributed to the study
of the formation of Scriptures, and to the understanding of the
figures behind these texts.
The volume contains papers read at the International Conference of
the ISDCL, held in Budapest in 2015. The contributors explore
various aspects of worship as reflected in the literature of
Judaism from the Second Temple period to Late Antiquity. The volume
provides a fresh reading of various crucial issues especially
within Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Rabbinic
literature, Gnostic traditions, and the emerging synagogue. The
papers analyse texts and artefacts that reveal how various groups
of Judaism understood the concept of worship-a pre-eminent form of
expressing religious identity and interpreting fundamental
traditions.
The volume publishes papers read at the ninth International
Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The title
of the conference and the issuing volume covers an, on the one
hand, extremely important and, on the other hand, regrettably
neglected aspect particularly of the ancient Jewish and Christian
traditions. Traditional manifestations of both Judaism and
Christianity are predominantly masculine theological constructions.
Despite their harsh masculine orientation, however, neither Judaism
nor Christianity lacks elaboration on the female principle. When an
ancient author chooses female imagery in order to make his message
more emphatic, the female body as such forms an integral part of
their metaphors. The contributions in this volume explore this
phenomenon within the literature of early Judaism, and within its
broad environments.
the volume researches Baruch chapters 4-5 in the following
successive steps. The first step is a structural analysis of the
three different units of the chapters, 4:5-29; 4:30-5:6; 5:7-9,
during which the structure of the greater units (strophes, cantos)
will be investigated, together with the structural relationship of
these units with each other. After this, the biblical background of
the passages is explored. The Scriptural passages that prove to be
authoritative or influential for the author(s) of the Baruch
passages give clues as to the particular interest and intention of
the author(s). This step is supplemented by an inquiry into the
tradition historical background of the prophetic psalms. Finally, I
close this short monograph with some basic comments on several
formative issues of Baruch 4:5-5:9. The book is written for the
interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism, biblical
interpretation, and the effective history of Scripture.
The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International
Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The
authors explore various aspects of this literature, with
pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish
texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and the way
they treated as a canonical collection within their history of
interpretation.
The impact of earlier works to the literature of early Judaism is
an intensively researched topic in contemporary scholarship. This
volume is based on an international conference held at the
Sapientia College of Theology in Budapest, May 18 21, 2010. The
contributors explore scriptural authority in early Jewish
literature and the writings of nascent Christianity. They study the
impact of earlier literature in the formulation of theological
concepts and books of the Second Temple Period."
The impact of earlier works to the literature of early Judaism is
an intensively researched topic in contemporary scholarship. This
volume is based on an international conference held at the
Sapientia College of Theology in Budapest,May 18 -21, 2010. The
contributors explore scriptural authority in early Jewish
literature and the writings of nascent Christianity. They study the
impact of earlier literature in the formulation of theological
concepts and books of the Second Temple Period.
The present volume contains papers delivered at the International
Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, held at the Sapientia
College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary, 14-16 May, 2009. The
contributions explore various aspects of the Book of Judith: its
textual versions, historical background, theological ideas and
literary afterlife. The conference, on which this volume is based,
was the most comprehensive scholarly meeting devoted recently to
the Book of Judith. The contributors reopened several basic
questions concerning the writing, such as the identification of
concrete historical personalities reflected in the book, or some
aspects of the halakhic system of the author.The scope of the
contributions extends also to the late mediaeval use of the book by
European playwrights.
The volume publishes papers presented at the International
Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books (Papa, Hungary). This
conference dealt with the deuterocanonical additions of the Old
Testament books. As such, this was one of the most extended
discussions of these writings that has ever taken place at a
scholarly meeting. The volume contains articles on the traditions
and theology of the additions, and demonstrates their relationship
with the contemporary literature of early Judaism. Several writings
of the Hebrew Bible - such as Esther, Daniel and Jeremiah - have
different textual forms in the Greek Bible, and these forms display
amplified material compared to the Hebrew versions. These additions
testify to the creative reflection of early Jewish circles on the
basic traditions of these Books and the textual fluidity of the
writings in question. The essays of this volume explore these
additions, their relationship to the Hebrew parent texts, and their
impact on the effective history of the interpretation of later
centuries.
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.
This is an assessment of dualistic thinking in the Qumran material
written by leading contributors in the light of two decades of
Qumran research. The importance of dualistic thinking within the
"Dead Sea Scrolls" has always been emphasised in "Qumran Studies".
Nevertheless, in the last two decades the research on Qumran
dualism seems to have been on the margins of scholarly interest.
The main result of contemporary research in this area is support
for the conviction that one cannot postulate compelling doctrines
in the 'theology of Qumran' - the group did not want to develop a
sophisticated doctrinal system; rather, they collected and mediated
various aspects of the theology of their times. Since virtually all
the Qumran material has been published, it is now apposite to
evaluate several oft-debated topics of scholarly research. The
theme of 'dualism in Qumran' is one such area in need of fresh
investigation. The contributors of the present volume begin this
work and open up new fields that might stimulate further reflection
on the problem, assessing such issues as: the origin of Qumran's
dualism; the literary growth of the passages in question; and the
social/ideological setting of the dualistic passages within the
Qumran Library. "The Library of Second Temple Studies" is a premier
book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of
scholars, teachers, postgraduate students and advanced
undergraduates in the field of Second Temple studies. All the many
and diverse aspects of Second Temple study are represented and
promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives,
studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing
theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
This is an assessment of dualistic thinking in the Qumran material
written by leading contributors in the light of two decades of
Qumran research. The importance of dualistic thinking within the
Dead Sea Scrolls has always been emphasised in Qumran Studies .
Nevertheless, in the last two decades the research on Qumran
dualism seems to have been on the margins of scholarly interest.
The main result of contemporary research in this area is support
for the conviction that one cannot postulate compelling doctrines
in the 'theology of Qumran' - the group did not want to develop a
sophisticated doctrinal system; rather, they collected and mediated
various aspects of the theology of their times. Since virtually all
the Qumran material has been published, it is now apposite to
evaluate several oft-debated topics of scholarly research. The
theme of 'dualism in Qumran' is one such area in need of fresh
investigation. The contributors of the present volume begin this
work and open up new fields that might stimulate further reflection
on the problem, assessing such issues as: the origin of Qumran's
dualism; the literary growth of the passages in question; and the
social/ideological setting of the dualistic passages within the
Qumran Library. The Library of Second Temple Studies is a premier
book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of
scholars, teachers, postgraduate students and advanced
undergraduates in the field of Second Temple studies. All the many
and diverse aspects of Second Temple study are represented and
promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives,
studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing
theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
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