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Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism [electronic resource] : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period / by Ari Mermelstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; volume 168.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]Description: xii, 216 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789004281059 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 229.06 23
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.

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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