On Human Nature in Early Judaism

Creation, Composition, and Condition
2021
ISBN: 978-3-506-70486-3
Verlag: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh

Buch, Englisch, 341 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 764 g

Reihe: Journal of ancient Judaism : [...], Supplements

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 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

García, Jeffrey P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Paul García is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Second Temple Literature at Nyack College, New York, USA.