Dieter Böhler

1 Esdras

Mehr aus der Reihe: International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament (IECOT)

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seiten: 260
Sprache: Englisch

978-3-17-029801-9 (E-ISBN)
978-3-17-029800-2 (Print-ISBN)
https://doi.org/10.17433/978-3-17-029801-9

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Zusammenfassung

1 Esdras is an alternative version of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Septuagint. Most Eastern Orthodox churches accord the book canonical status. This is the first commentary on 1 Esdras based on the critical text of the Göttingen Septuagint edition. It understands 1 Esdras not simply as a fragment of the Chronistic history or as merely a compilation, but rather as a coherent narrative. Its interpretation as a literary work and the reconstruction of its composition take into account both the historical backgrounds of the narrative setting of the Persian period and the historical location of the composition in the Hasmonaean period. 1 Esdras is currently enjoying a period of renewed attention in scholarship. Its relationship to Ezra-Nehemiah is seen as a prime example of literary-historical developments in Israel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover

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Content

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Titlepage

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Editors’ Foreword

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Author’s Foreword

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1 Esdras: Introduction

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- Text tradition
  
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- Synchronic View of the Final Form
  
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- Diachronic Perspectives on the Origins of the Book
  
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- Main Themes of the Book
  
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- Core Elements of the History of Interpretation
  
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Act One: The Jerusalem Temple under Josiah and the Last Kings of Judah (1 Esdras 1)

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  Josiah’s Passover (1 Esdr 1:1-20)
  
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  - Text
    
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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  Josiah’s End (1 Esdras 1:21-31)
  
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  - Text
    
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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  The End of Judah and the Fall of Jerusalem (1 Esdras 1:32-55)
  
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  - Text
    
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    Synchronic Analysis
    
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    - Jeconiah und Jehoiakim (1:32-40)
      
      52
      
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    - Jehoiachin and Zedekiah (1:41-47)
      
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    - Final Judgment and Punishment (1:48-55)
      
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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Act Two: Sheshbazzar’s Failure under Cyrus and Artaxerxes (1 Esdras 2)

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  Edict of Cyrus and Sheshbazzar’s Return (2:1-14)
  
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  - Text
    
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  The Interruption of Construction of the Temple under Artaxerxes (2:15-25)
  
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Act Three: Zerubbabel’s Success Under Darius (1 Esdras 3-7)

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  The Three Bodyguards’ Wager (3:1-12)
  
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  Contest and Acclaiming of the Victor (3:13-4:63)
  
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    Synchronic Analysis
    
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    - First Speech: Wine (3:13-23)
      
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    - Second Speech: The King (4:1-12)
      
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    - Third Speech: First About Women (4:13-33a)
      
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    - Zerubbabel’s Speech About Truth (4:33b-41)
      
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    - Honoring the Victor (4:42-63)
      
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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  Zerubbabel’s Returning Caravan (1 Esdr 5:1-45)
  
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  Building of the Altar and Beginning of Worship (5:46-52)
  
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    Synchronic Analysis
    
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    - Excursus: The “Peoples of the Land” and the “Enemies of Judah and Benjamin”
      
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  The Foundation of the Temple is Laid Down (5:53-70)
  
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    Text
    
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    - Excursus on the Chronology of 1 Esdras 5-7
      
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis of 5:46-52, 53-70
    
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  The Darius Correspondence and the Completion of the Construction of the Temple (6:1-7:4).
  
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  - Text
    
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    Synchronic Analysis
    
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    - Excursus: The Significance of the Prophets in 1 Esdras
      
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  - Diachronic Analysis
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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  The Dedication of the Temple (7:5-9)
  
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  The Passover (7:10-15)
  
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  - Synthesis of 1 Esdras 3-7: On the Image of Zerubbabel in 1 Esdras
    
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Act Four: The Priest Ezra and the Torah under Artaxerxes (1 Esdras 8-9)

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  Ezra’s Mission
  
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    Diachronic Analysis
    
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    - Excursus: Chronology of 1 Esdras 8-9
      
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  Ezra’s Journey to Jerusalem (8:27-64)
  
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  Notice of the Mixed-Marriage Problem (8:65-9:4)
  
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  - Synchronic Analysis
    
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  Separation from the Foreigners (9:5-37a)
  
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  The Celebration of the Torah (9:37b-55)
  
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  - Text
    
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  - Synthesis
    
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  - Synthesis of 1 Esdras 8-9: The Picture of Ezra in 1 Esdras
    
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Bibliography

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- Primary Sources
  
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- Reference Works and Text Editions (as abbreviated)
  
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- Secondary Literature
  
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Indexes

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- Index of Greek Words
  
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- Index of Key Words
  
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  Index of Citations
  
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  - Old Testament
    
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  - New Testament
    
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- Index of Other Sources
  
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Plan of volumes

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Autorenporträt

Prof. Dr. Dieter Böhler SJ teaches Exegesis of the Old Testament at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt.

1 Esdras

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