To fight or not to fight?: various answers to the foreign political power in the deuterocanonical literature

Earlier books of the Old Testament do not face the problem of living under a foreign government. This question surfaced since the Exile. There are two main contradictory answers. One possibility is a submission; it can mean avoiding politics (Sirach, Wisdom) or careers at a foreign court (Esther, To...

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Published in:Biblische Notizen
Main Author: Wojciechowski, Michał (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Herder 2014
In: Biblische Notizen
Year: 2014, Volume: 161, Pages: 37-51
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Deuteronomistic history / Foreign rule
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Amenemope Weisheitsbuch
B Tobit
B Bible. Altes Testament Biblia Hebraica
B Bible. Makkabäer 1.-2.
B Bible. Daniel 13
B Sirach
B Jeremiah
B Politics
B Bible. Makkabäer 1.
B Bible. Makkabäer 2.
B New Testament
B Power