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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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Herder
2014
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Biblische Notizen
Year: 2014, Volume: 161, Pages: 37-51 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Deuteronomistic history
/ Foreign rule
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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 |