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Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (Hardcover): Maren R. Niehoff Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (Hardcover)
Maren R. Niehoff
R2,757 R2,464 Discovery Miles 24 640 Save R293 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretation which are still extremely relevant today. Maren R. Niehoff provides a detailed analysis of Alexandrian Bible interpretation, from the second century BCE through newly discovered fragments to the exegetical work done by Philo. Niehoff shows that Alexandrian Jews responded in a great variety of ways to the Homeric scholarship developed at the Museum. Some Jewish scholars used the methods of their Greek colleagues to investigate whether their Scripture contained myths shared by other nations, while others insisted that significant differences existed between Judaism and other cultures. This book is vital for any student of ancient Judaism, early Christianity and Hellenistic culture.

Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (Paperback): Maren R. Niehoff Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria (Paperback)
Maren R. Niehoff
R1,455 Discovery Miles 14 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Systematically reading Jewish exegesis in light of Homeric scholarship, this book argues that more than 2000 years ago Alexandrian Jews developed critical and literary methods of Bible interpretation which are still extremely relevant today. Maren R. Niehoff provides a detailed analysis of Alexandrian Bible interpretation, from the second century BCE through newly discovered fragments to the exegetical work done by Philo. Niehoff shows that Alexandrian Jews responded in a great variety of ways to the Homeric scholarship developed at the Museum. Some Jewish scholars used the methods of their Greek colleagues to investigate whether their Scripture contained myths shared by other nations, while others insisted that significant differences existed between Judaism and other cultures. This book is vital for any student of ancient Judaism, early Christianity and Hellenistic culture.

Philon von Alexandria - Eine intellektuelle Biographie (Paperback): Maren R. Niehoff Philon von Alexandria - Eine intellektuelle Biographie (Paperback)
Maren R. Niehoff; Translated by Claus-Jürgen Thornton, Eva Tyrell
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Philon von Alexandria hat eines der umfangreichsten und vielseitigsten Werke der Antike hinterlassen, welches das hellenistische Judentum, das frühe Christentum und die Zweite Sophistik beleuchtet. Dennoch sind seine Persönlichkeit und intellektuelle Entwicklung ein Rätsel geblieben, weil er kaum etwas über sich selbst preisgibt. Maren R. Niehoff analysiert sein Œuvre im Hinblick auf das einzig fassbare Ereignis in seinem Leben, seine Leitung der jüdischen Gesandtschaft zu Gaius Caligula. Diese römischen Jahre (38-41 n.Chr.) markieren einen biographischen und geistigen Wendepunkt. In Alexandria war Philon eng an die jüdische Gemeinde angebunden und nahm an regen Debatten über die genaue Bedeutung des biblischen Textes teil, indem er Methoden der Homerexegese anwandte und textliche Probleme durch platonische Allegorien löste. Im Rahmen seines Aufenthaltes in Rom dagegen adressierte er ein breiteres römisches Publikum und öffnete sich der Stoa, die hier blühte und eine eigenständige, aktuelle Form angenommen hatte. Stoische Ethik und römische Historiographie gaben Philon Impulse, die jüdische Tradition völlig neu zu interpretieren. Die biblischen Erzväter und -mütter werden zu Helden seiner Biographien und nehmen Plutarchs Werk vorweg. Das jüdische Gesetz wird zu einem zentralen Anliegen und als Naturgesetz vorgestellt, was wiederum Implikationen für neutestamentliche Diskussionen zum Thema hat. Die englische Originalausgabe von Maren R. Niehoffs Buch wurde 2019 mit dem Polonsky-Preis für Originalität und Kreativität in den geisteswissenschaftlichen Disziplinen der Hebräischen Universität in Jerusalem und als Finalist für den Jordan Schnitzer Prize of the Association of Jewish Studies ausgezeichnet.

Journeys in the Roman East: Imagined and Real (Hardcover): Maren R. Niehoff Journeys in the Roman East: Imagined and Real (Hardcover)
Maren R. Niehoff
R6,955 Discovery Miles 69 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the Roman Empire, travelling was something of a central feature, facilitating commerce, pilgrimage, study abroad, tourism, and ethnographic explorations. The present volume investigates for the first time intellectual aspects of this phenomenon by giving equal attention to pagan, Jewish, and Christian perspectives. A team of experts from different fields argues that journeys helped construct cultural identities and negotiate between the local and the particular on the one hand, and wider imperial discourses on the other. A special point of interest is the question of how Rome engages the attention of intellectuals from the Greek East and offers new opportunities of self-fashioning. Pagans, Jews, and Christians shared similar experiences and constructed comparable identities in dialogue, sometimes polemics, with each other. The collection addresses the following themes: real and imagined geography, reconstructing encounters in distant places, between the bodily and the holy, Jesus' travels from different perspectives, and destination Rome. The articles in each section are arranged in chronological order, ranging from early imperial texts to rabbinic and patristic literature.

Self, Self-Fashioning and Individuality in Late Antiquity - New Perspectives (Hardcover): Maren R. Niehoff, Joshua Levinson Self, Self-Fashioning and Individuality in Late Antiquity - New Perspectives (Hardcover)
Maren R. Niehoff, Joshua Levinson
R7,710 Discovery Miles 77 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of articles places the frequently discussed question of the introvert Self into a new interdisciplinary context: rather than tracing a linear development from social forms of life with an outward orientation to individual introspection, it argues for significant overlaps between interior and exterior dimensions, between the Self and society. A team of internationally renowned experts from different fields examines Pagan, Jewish and Christian voices on an equal basis and explores the complexity of their messages. Philosophical texts are analyzed next to letters, legal sources, Bible interpretation and material evidence. Not only is the experience of individuals examined, but also instructions from authoritative figures in a position to shape constructions of the Self. The book is divided into three parts; namely, "Constructing the Self", a field usually treated by philosophers, "Self-Fashioning", generally associated with literature, and "Self and Individual in Society", commonly the domain of historians. This volume shows the complexity of each category and their overlaps by engaging unexpected sources in each section and interrogating internal as well as external dimensions.

Das Leben des Weisen - Philon v. Alexandria, De Abrahamo (Hardcover): Daniel Lanzinger, Matthias Adrian, Maximilian Forschner,... Das Leben des Weisen - Philon v. Alexandria, De Abrahamo (Hardcover)
Daniel Lanzinger, Matthias Adrian, Maximilian Forschner, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Maren R. Niehoff, …
R3,905 Discovery Miles 39 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Philons Biographie Abrahams ist eine Werbeschrift für das Judentum. Sie entstand vermutlich als literarisches Begleitprojekt zu Philons politischer Mission in Rom: In Alexandria hatte es Ausschreitungen gegen die jüdische Bevölkerung gegeben, die Philon bei Kaiser Caligula zur Sprache bringen sollte. Der vorliegende Band führt in diesen zeitgeschichtlichen Kontext ein und bietet den mit Anmerkungen versehenen Text der Schrift samt einer Neuübersetzung. Erläuternde Essays aus unterschiedlichen Fachperspektiven würdigen Philon als Biographen und als Philosophen, ergründen sein Tugendverständnis und sein Frauenbild und beleuchten sein Schriftverständnis aus der Perspektive des antiken Orakelwesens. Abgerundet wird der Band durch einen Ausblick auf die Rezeption Abrahams im Islam, inder sich bemerkenswerte Parallelen zu Philons allegorischen Auslegungen wiederfinden lassen.

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