The Story of Aḥiḳar from the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Greek and Slavonic Versions
Author: Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Samuel L. Adams
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-02-17
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 1119158273
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive introduction to ancient wisdom literature, with fascinating essays on a broad range of topics. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature is a wide-ranging introduction to the texts, themes, and receptions of the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient world. This comprehensive volume brings together original essays from established scholars and emerging voices to offer a variety of perspectives on the “wisdom” biblical books, early Christian and rabbinic literature, and beyond. Varied and engaging essays provide fresh insights on topics of timeless relevance, exploring the distinct features of instructional texts and discussing their interpretation in both antiquity and the modern world. Designed for non-specialists, this accessible volume provides readers with balanced coverage of traditional biblical wisdom texts, including Proverbs, Job, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes; lesser-known Egyptian and Mesopotamian wisdom; and African proverbs. The contributors explore topics ranging from scribes and pedagogy in ancient Israel, to representations of biblical wisdom literature in contemporary cinema. Offering readers a fresh and interesting way to engage with wisdom literature, this book: Discusses sapiential books and traditions in various historical and cultural contexts Offers up-to-date discussion on the study of the biblical wisdom books Features essays on the history of interpretation and theological reception Includes essays covering the antecedents and afterlife of the texts Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion series, the Companion to Wisdom Literature is a valuable resource for university, seminary and divinity school students and instructors, scholars and researchers, and general readers with interest in the subject.
Author: Seth Bledsoe
Publisher: Supplements to the Journal for
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9789004473119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book offers fresh readings of the Aramaic book of Ahiqar, an oft underappreciated ancient wisdom text. In undertaking a comprehensive literary analysis, incorporating both the drama and the sayings together, Bledsoe shows that Ahiqar's didactic impulse is founded on a sense of uncertainty about life, offering advice for those in times of distress, much like the titular character himself. While Ahiqar shares many features with instructional literature like Proverbs, the ambiguous cosmic and social order imagined in the text resonate more strongly with the likes of Qoheleth or Job. Bledsoe also takes seriously the Elephantine context, suggesting that the social and political ethic evinced by the work would have resonated strongly with the Judean community in Achaemenid Egypt"--
Author: Conybeare F. C.
Publisher:
Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9780243741137
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Apostle Arne Horn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1326813633
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Phillip J. Long
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2013-11-06
Total Pages: 487
ISBN-13: 1630870331
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Did Jesus claim to be the "bridegroom"? If so, what did he mean by this claim? When Jesus says that the wedding guests should not fast "while the bridegroom is with them" (Mark 2:19), he is claiming to be a bridegroom by intentionally alluding to a rich tradition from the Hebrew Bible. By eating and drinking with "tax collectors and other sinners," Jesus was inviting people to join him in celebrating the eschatological banquet. While there is no single text in the Hebrew Bible or the literature of the Second Temple Period which states the "messiah is like a bridegroom," the elements for such a claim are present in several texts in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Hosea. By claiming that his ministry was an ongoing wedding celebration he signaled the end of the Exile and the restoration of Israel to her position as the Lord's beloved wife. This book argues that Jesus combined the tradition of an eschatological banquet with a marriage metaphor in order to describe the end of the Exile as a wedding banquet.
Author: Rutherford Hayes Platt
Publisher: Nelson Bibles
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 660
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presented here are two volumes of apocryphal writings reflecting the life and time of the Old and New Testaments. Stories told by contemporary fiction writers of historical Bible times in fascinating and beautiful style.