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This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c. 700 B.C.E.
to c. 200 C.E. from a socio-theological perspective. In this
context, it offers a scholarly attempt to understand how the
ancient Jewish psyche dealt with times of extreme turmoil and how
Jewish theology altered to meet the challenges experienced. The
volume explores various early Jewish literature, including both the
canonical and apocryphal scripture. Here, reference is often made
to a divine epiphany (a moment of unexpected and prodigious
revelation or insight) as a response to abuse, suffering and
passion. Many of the chapters deal with these issues in relation to
the Antiochan crisis of 169 to 164 B.C.E. in Judea, one of the more
notable periods of oppression. This watershed event appears to have
served as a catalyst for the new apocalyptic texts which were
produced up until c. 200 C.E, and which reflect a new theological
dynamic in Judaism – one that informed subsequent Christianity
and Rabbinic Judaism. Passion, Persecution and Epiphany in Early
Jewish Literature will be of interest to anyone working on the
Bible (both Masoretic and LXX) and early Jewish literature, as well
as students of Jewish history and the Levant in the classical
period.
These fourteen selected essays were originally read at the LXXSA
international conference: Construction, Coherence and Connotation
in Septuagint, Apocryphal and Cognate Literature (28-30 August
2015), hosted by the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South
Africa. Here, the intention was to apply new critical theory and
approaches to the fields of Old Testament Scripture as well as
associated Apocryphal and Cognate literature, with a specific focus
on the interrelated recurring theme of the Wisdom of the deity and
its decryption and reception at various times in history. In this
regard, it was felt that this theme and associated source texts had
been largely overlooked in recent scholarship. Here the aim was to
attract recent research by both leading national as well as
international scholars which not only shed new light on Old
Testament Apocrypha and so-called Pseudepigraphical literature but
which also critically reviewed certain biblical wisdom texts which
are foundational for both the Christian as well as Jewish
communities. As a consequence, many of the essays deal with the
apocryphal Wisdom of Sirach. However, important contributions may
also be found apropos Micah, Daniel, Baruch, 2 Maccabees, Tobit,
Susanna, Judith, and the works of Josephus Flavius.
This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c. 700 B.C.E.
to c. 200 C.E. from a socio-theological perspective. In this
context, it offers a scholarly attempt to understand how the
ancient Jewish psyche dealt with times of extreme turmoil and how
Jewish theology altered to meet the challenges experienced. The
volume explores various early Jewish literature, including both the
canonical and apocryphal scripture. Here, reference is often made
to a divine epiphany (a moment of unexpected and prodigious
revelation or insight) as a response to abuse, suffering and
passion. Many of the chapters deal with these issues in relation to
the Antiochan crisis of 169 to 164 B.C.E. in Judea, one of the more
notable periods of oppression. This watershed event appears to have
served as a catalyst for the new apocalyptic texts which were
produced up until c. 200 C.E, and which reflect a new theological
dynamic in Judaism - one that informed subsequent Christianity and
Rabbinic Judaism. Passion, Persecution and Epiphany in Early Jewish
Literature will be of interest to anyone working on the Bible (both
Masoretic and LXX) and early Jewish literature, as well as students
of Jewish history and the Levant in the classical period.
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