"In strength" not "by force": Re-reading the circumcision of the uncircumcised en ischyi in 1 Macc 2:46
This article challenges the dominant reading of 1 Macc 2:46, both that (a) the syntagm ἐν ἰσχύι means coercion and that (b) the literary context of 1 Maccabees understands the circumcising of the uncircumcised in 2:46 as coercive. An analysis of the lexical semantics of ἐν ἰσχύι in ancient Greek lit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 149-167 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Circumcision (Man)
/ Bible. Makkabäer 1. 2,46
/ Bible. Wisdom 16-19
/ Josephus, Flavius 37-100
/ Compulsion
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
ischyi
B Mattathias B 1 Maccabees B Hasmoneans B Coercion B forced circumcision |
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