Friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical te...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, CT
Yale University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | Book Review (2018) (Smiley, David M.)
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| Series/Journal: | The anchor yale bible reference library
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Friendship
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Friendship
B Friendship Biblical teaching B Bible B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom book Ben Sira. This in-depth, contextually sensitive, and theoretically engaged study explores how the expectations of friends and family members overlap and differ, examining, among other things, characteristics that make the friend a distinct social actor; failed friendship; and friendships in narratives such as those of Ruth and Naomi, and Jonathan and David. Olyan presents a comprehensive look at what constitutes friendship in the Hebrew Bible Friends and Family -- Failed Friendship -- Friendship in Narrative -- Friendship in Ben Sira |
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| ISBN: | 0300182686 |