Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings
Title | Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Hayward |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 2005-05-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199242372 |
Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. This is a critical study of ancient exegesis of the title `Israel' and the meanings attributed to it among Jews down to Talmudic times, along with some early Christian materials. C. T. R. Hayward explores ancient etymologies of `Israel', and the utilization of these very varied explanations of the name in sustained works of exegesis like Jubilees; the writings of Ben Sira, Philo, andJosephus; and selected Rabbinic texts including Aramaic Targumim. He also examines translational works like the Septuagint, to illuminate those writings' sense of what it meant to be a Jew.
Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings
Title | Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings PDF eBook |
Author | C. T. R. Hayward |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2005-05-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0191529311 |
Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. This is a critical study of ancient exegesis of the title `Israel' and the meanings attributed to it among Jews down to Talmudic times, along with some early Christian materials. C. T. R. Hayward explores ancient etymologies of `Israel', and the utilization of these very varied explanations of the name in sustained works of exegesis like Jubilees; the writings of Ben Sira, Philo, and Josephus; and selected Rabbinic texts including Aramaic Targumim. He also examines translational works like the Septuagint, to illuminate those writings' sense of what it meant to be a Jew.
The True Israel
Title | The True Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Harvey |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780391041196 |
This study of the use of the names 'Jew', 'Hebrew' and 'Israel' in ancient Jewish and early Christian literature - especially the Bible, Philo, Josephus, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Mishnah - defines the nature of Israel and Judaism in Antiquity. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
The True Israel
Title | The True Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2018-12-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004332510 |
Many studies have portrayed Judaism in Antiquity as sectarian, with a variety of groups all claiming to be The True Israel. Early Christianity is alleged to have begun in this context as one more Jewish sect claiming such authority. However, the second-century Christian Justin Martyr is the first person known to have used the phrase 'the True Israel'. This book examines the uses of the names 'Jew', 'Hebrew' and 'Israel' in the surviving literature - especially the Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, Josephus, New Testament and Mishnah - to determine whether this is an adequate or accurate picture. It discusses the associations of each word, as determined by their actual usage and collocations rather than their theoretical origins. It will be of value to scholars of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
The Revelation of the Name YHWH to Moses
Title | The Revelation of the Name YHWH to Moses PDF eBook |
Author | George H. van Kooten |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2006-09-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 904741103X |
In this book the varied and important reception is traced which the story of the revelation of YHWH’s name to Moses received in Judaism, early Christianity, and the pagan Graeco-Roman world.
The Firstborn Son in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Title | The Firstborn Son in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Kyu Seop Kim |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2019-01-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 900439494X |
This book offers a study of the meaning of the firstborn son in the New Testament paying specific attention to the concept of primogeniture in the Old Testament and Jewish literature.
Studies in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Title | Studies in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Pieter W. van der Horst |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2014-03-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004271112 |
Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine era. They reflect his research interests in Jewish epigraphy, Jewish interpretation of the Bible, Jewish prayer culture, the diaspora in Asia Minor, exegetical problems in the writings of Philo and Josephus, Samaritan history, texts from ancient Christianity which have received little attention (the poems of Cyrus of Panopolis, the Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati, the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion), and miscellanea such as the pagan myth of Jewish cannibalism, the meaning of the Greek expression ‘without God,’ the religious significance of sneezing in pagan antiquity, and the variety of stories about pious long-sleepers in the ancient world (pagan, Jewish, Christian).