On human nature in early Judaism: creation, composition, and condition
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Sigla -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Towards a Portrait of Human Nature in Early Judaism -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 State of Research -- 1.3 Rationale and Method of the Present Study -- 1.4 The Plan of the Present Study -- 1.5 Theoretica...
| Sumario: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Sigla -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Towards a Portrait of Human Nature in Early Judaism -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 State of Research -- 1.3 Rationale and Method of the Present Study -- 1.4 The Plan of the Present Study -- 1.5 Theoretical Issues -- Chapter 2 Of Image, Earth, and Dust: The Emergence of Creation Topoi to Depict Human Nature in Early Judaism -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Qohelet -- 2.3 Ben Sira -- 2.4 Wisdom of Solomon -- 2.5 The Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 From Image and Earth to Dust: The Growth of the Use of Creation Topoi and the Amplification of Human Lowliness -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Philo of Alexandria -- 3.3 Testament of Naphtali -- 3.4 4 Ezra -- 3.5 Hodayot -- 3.6 Excursus: "Mother and her Seven Sons" in 2 Maccabees 7 -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Describing Body, Soul, and Spirit: Examining Humanity's Composition -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Describing the Body -- 4.3 Ben Sira -- 4.4 Wisdom of Solomon -- 4.5 Josephus -- 4.6 1 Enoch -- 4.7 The Testament of Abraham B -- 4.8 Excursus: Anthropological Trichotomy and the Composition of Humankind in the Second Temple Period -- 4.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Internal and External Disturbance: Body-Soul Dualism through the Lens of Psychic Strife -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Hodayot -- 5.3 Jewish Apotropaic Prayers -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Mapping the Human Condition: Free Will and the Inclination(s) to Sin -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Free Will in Ben Sira, Psalms of Solomon, the Damascus Document (CD), and Josephus -- 6.3 Inclination(s) and the Human Condition -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 A Predetermined Condition: Humanity's Double Duality, Nothingness, and "Fleshly" State -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The "Treatise of the Two Spirits" (1QS 3:13-4:26). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-3-657-70486-6 |
