On human nature in early Judaism: creation, composition, and condition

This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God. Jewish disc...

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Subtitles:Creation, Composition, and Condition
Main Author: García, Jeffrey P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Singapore Paderborn Brill, Ferdinand Schöningh 2020
In: Journal of ancient Judaism (34)
Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: García, Jeffrey P., On human nature in early Judaism : creation, composition, and condition] (2022) (Kim, World)
[Rezension von: García, Jeffrey P., On human nature in early Judaism : creation, composition, and condition] (2022) (Schumann, Daniel, 1982 -)
[Rezension von: García, Jeffrey P., On human nature in early Judaism : creation, composition, and condition] (2022) (Maston, Jason, 1978 -)
Series/Journal:Journal of ancient Judaism Supplements 34
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Early Judaism / Human image / Theological anthropology / Philosophical anthropology
Further subjects:B Jews Study and teaching
B Judaism
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Summary:This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God. Jewish discourse in the Greco-Roman period (4th c. BCE until 1st c. CE) on human nature was not exclusively particularistic, although the immediate concern was often communal-specific. Evidence shows that many of these these discussions were also an attempt to grasp a general, or universal, human nature. The focus of this work has been narrowed to three categories that encapsulate the most prevalent themes in Second Temple Jewish texts, namely, creation, composition, and condition
ISBN:3657704868
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/9783657704866