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Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism :

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9004281053

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9789004281059

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9789004281653

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Title Proper

Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism :

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reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Ari Mermelstein.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 216 pages ;

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25 cm.

Series Title

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism,

Volume Designation

volume 168.

ISSN of Series

1384-2161 ;

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1. The relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature -- 2. Wisdom of Ben Sira: Jewish history as the unfolding of creation -- 3 Wisdom of Ben Sira: timelessness in support of the Temple-State -- 4. The Book of Jubilees: timeless dimensions of a covenantal relationship -- 5. The Animal apocalypse: the timeless symbols of history -- 6. Fourth Ezra: time and history as theological critique -- 7. Synthesis and conclusions.

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This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees, the Animal Apocalypse, and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and the inevitable redemption, history did not assume the shape of a line but of a circle. These authors restored continuity across history by reducing historical events to a series of static, repeating patterns that linked one period to the next in uninterrupted fashion until the end-time.

Bible., Ecclesiasticus.

Apocryphal books (Old Testament)-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Judaism-- History-- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism-- History.

Judaism-- Origin.

Time-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.

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Mermelstein, Ari

Date of Transaction

20150330111344.0

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