The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism

The Reception of Leviticus 19:18 in the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, the Book of Jubilees, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the New Testament
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36687-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 105, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

In The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism, Kengo Akiyama traces the development of the mainstay of early Jewish and Christian ethics: "Love your neighbour." Akiyama examines several Second Temple Jewish texts in great detail and demonstrates a diverse range of uses and applications that opposes a simplistic and evolutionary trajectory often associated with the development of the "greatest commandment" tradition. The monograph presents surprisingly complex interpretative developments in Second Temple Judaism uncovering just how early interpreters grappled with the questions of what it means to love and who should be considered as their neighbour.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Akiyama, Kengo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction
1 In Search of an Ancient Reception History
2 Research Context
3 Aim and Scope
4 Leviticus 19:18 in Second Temple Jewish Literature
5 Course of Analysis

2 The Love Command in Leviticus
1 Introduction
2 The Love of Neighbour in Context
3 Conclusion

3 Leviticus 19:18 in the Septuagint and the Book of Jubilees
1 Introduction
2 Leviticus 19:18 in the Septuagint
3 Leviticus 19:18 in the Book of Jubilees
4 Conclusion

4 Leviticus 19:18 in the Dead Sea Scrolls
1 Introduction
2 Leviticus 19:18 in the Damascus Document
3 Leviticus 19:18 in the Community Rule?
4 Conclusion

5 Leviticus 19:18 in the New Testament
1 Introduction
2 The Pauline Love of Neighbour
3 The Jamesian Love of Neighbour
4 The Love of Neighbour in the Synoptic Gospels
5.5 Conclusion

6 Conclusion
1 Revisiting the Question
2 Summary of the Chapters
3 Tying the Knots: The Ancient Reception of Leviticus 19:18

Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Kengo Akiyama, PhD (2015), University of Edinburgh, is Lecturer of Biblical Hebrew at the University of California, Davis. He has published various articles in leading journals on ancient Judaism.