Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Edited by: Stefan Beyerle and Matthew Goff

Volume 2020/2021 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Yearbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110705454

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About this book

A comprehensive investigation of notions of "time" in deuterocanonical and cognate literature, from the ancient Jewish up to the early Christian eras, requires further scholarship. The aim of this collection of articles is to contribute to a better understanding of "time" in deuterocanonical literature and pseudepigrapha, especially in Second Temple Judaism, and to provide criteria for concepts of time in wisdom literature, apocalypticism, Jewish and early Christian historiography and in Rabbinic religiosity.
Essays in this volume, representing the proceedings of a conference of the "International Society for the Study of Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature" in July 2019 at Greifswald, discuss concepts and terminologies of "time", stemming from novellas like the book of Tobit, from exhortations for the wise like Ben Sira, from an apocalyptic time table in 4 Ezra, the book of Giants or Daniel, and early Christian and Rabbinic compositions. The volume consists of four chapters that represent different approaches or hermeneutics of "time:" I. Axial Ages: The Construction of Time as "History", II. The Construction of Time: Particular Reifications, III. Terms of Time and Space, IV. The Construction of Apocalyptic Time. Scholars and students of ancient Jewish and Christian religious history will find in this volume orientation with regard to an important but multifaceted and sometimes disparate topic.

Author / Editor information

Stefan Beyerle, University of Greifswald, Germany, and Matthew J. Goff, Florida State University, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
In Memory of Géza G. Xeravits (1971–2019) József Zsengellér Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Notions and Concepts of Time: Introduction Stefan Beyerle and Matthew Goff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: “Axial Ages:” The Construction of Time in Identity, History and Festivals
Time is on My Side: Concepts of Time and Jewish Identity Benjamin G. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Ontologie im Mondlicht Zeit und Identität in Thomas Manns Joseph und seine Brüder Niko Strobach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
“All’s well that ends well” Protological Speculations and Eschatological Teachings in Hellenistic-Roman Texts Martina Kepper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Time Factors in Early Rabbinic Religiosity Stefan C. Reif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Zeit-Begriffe und -Konzepte in historiographischen Texten des 1. Jhs. n. Chr. Eve-Marie Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Biblische Zeit und christliche Historiographie Literarische Strategien in der Kratkaja Chronografičeskaja Paleja (KP) Christfried Böttrich, Sabine Fahl and Dieter Fahl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
References to Jewish Festivals in the LXX Book of Judith Nicholas Peter Legh Allen and Pierre Johan Jordaan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Ben Sira and the Sabbath Jeremy Corley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Part II: Specific Constructions of Time in Deuterocanonical Literature
Was tut Gott in der Nacht? Christine Abart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Time and Jewish Identity in 2 Maccabees Michael W. Duggan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Kairos, Chronos und Aion im Buch der Weisheit Friedrich V. Reiterer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Ideas of Time in the Diaspora Tale of Tobit: Tobit’s Incipit (1:1–2) as Case Study Lucas Brum Teixeira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
The “Shape of Time” in the Book of Tobit Francis M. Macatangay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Does Time Conquer All Things (“aut tempus omnia vincit”)? Time in Pseudo-Philo’s Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum József Zsengellér Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Part III: Terms of Time and Space in the Book of Ben Sira
Time and Change in the Book of Ben Sira Severino Bussino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
The Notion of Time in Sir 18:19–26 Núria Calduch-Benages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Aspects of Time in the Book of Ben Sira: אחרית Pancratius C. Beentjes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Die Bedeutung von קץ im Buch Ben Sira Renate Egger-Wenzel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Part IV: The Construction of Apocalyptic Time
Deep Time, the Monstrous, and the Book of the Watchers in the Hellenistic Age Matthew Goff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Concepts of Time in the Visions of Daniel Stefan Beyerle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Zeitkonstruktion im 4. Esrabuch. Eine Skizze Oda Wischmeyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Index of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Index of Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students in the fields of Hebrew Bible, Ancient Jewish History, Second Temple Literature and History in general.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 532
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Tables: 40
Keywords: Christian Historiography; models of time; Hebrew Bible

eBook

Published: December 20, 2021
ISBN: 9783110705454

Hardcover

Published: December 31, 2021
ISBN: 9783110702194