Levin / Ben Zvi Centres and Peripheries in the Early Second Temple Period

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-16-155025-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 108, 483 Seiten

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament

"Centre and periphery" frameworks have been particularly helpful for research on systems whose dynamics are strongly influenced by a substantially unequal distribution of qualities. But what can these frameworks, in all their present diversity and in their various "re-conceptualizations," contribute to the study of the early Second Temple period? The essays in this volume address this question through the prism of, for instance, the location of Jerusalem, diasporic communities, Torah, roles of temples and royal courts, Jerusalem/Gerizim, the Zion tradition, the universal kingdom of YHWH, the literary history of some texts, socio-linguistic choices, and gender.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Christoph

Ben Zvi, Ehud

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Preface;6
3;Table of Contents;8
4;List of Abbreviations;12
5;Ehud Ben Zvi: Introduction;16
6;Ehud Ben Zvi: Introductory Centre/Core-Periphery Considerations and the Case of Interplaying of Rigid and Flexible Constructions of Centre and Periphery among the Literati of the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period;36
6.1;A. Basic Considerations about the Model/s;36
6.1.1;1. Processes of Relative Hierarchical Branching;41
6.1.2;2. The Study of Inner Core or Peripheral Complexity and its Own Processes;42
6.1.3;3. Centering and Peripheralizing Tendencies and Processes;43
6.1.4;4. Multiple and Complementary Systems of Centre and Periphery involving the Same Partners;43
6.1.5;5. Matters of Othering (Including Gendering);44
6.2;B. From Theory to Practical Examples;44
6.3;C. Reconstructing Some of the Rulesfor Constructing Centre and Periphery Axes within the Discourse of the Yehudite Literati;50
7;Laurie E. Pearce: Looking for Judeans in Babylonia’s Core and Periphery;58
7.1;A. Center/Core and Periphery: A Heuristic Model;58
7.2;B. A Top-Down Model;60
7.3;C. How Babylonians Expressed a Notion of Core and Periphery;63
7.4;D. Identifying Peripherals in the Corpus;66
7.5;E. Peripherals Supporting Core Economic Activities;69
7.5.1;1. Sippar;69
7.5.2;2. Susa;73
7.5.3;3. Judeans in the Rural Economy: The Land Behind Nippur;74
7.6;F. Summary;78
8;Bob Becking: Centre, Periphery, and Interference: Notes on the “Passover/Mazzot”-Letter from Elephantine;80
8.1;A. The Mappa Mundi Perspective;80
8.2;B. A Social Science Model;80
8.3;C. Elephantine;81
8.3.1;1. An Important but Enigmatic Document;82
8.3.2;2. A few Remarks on the Translation;83
8.3.3;3. General Remarks;83
8.4;D. Sender and Address;85
8.5;E. Centre and Periphery as two Complex Systems;87
8.6;F. Interference;89
8.7;G. Passover and Mazzot at Elephantine;91
8.8;H. Conclusion;93
9;Sylvie Honigman: Intercultural Exchanges in the Hellenistic East: The Respective Roles of Temples, Royal Offices, Courts, and Gymnasia;94
9.1;A. Introduction;94
9.2;B. The Gymnasion as an Institution for Athletic and Military Training;99
9.2.1;1. Gymnasia in Greek Cities;99
9.2.2;2. Gymnasia outside the Greek Cities;102
9.2.3;3. Jason’s Gymnasion in Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 4:7–15);103
9.3;C. Primary Greek Education for Greek and Egyptian Boys in Ptolemaic Egypt;104
9.3.1;1. Greek Schools vs. Egyptian Temples: The Dual Institutional Setting;105
9.3.2;2. Content: Moral Instruction in Greek and Egyptian Primary Educations;106
9.4;D. The Higher Education of Royal Officials in Ptolemaic Egypt;107
9.4.1;1. The Social Identity of the Native Elites who learned Greek;107
9.4.2;2. Training Officials: Apprenticeship in the Administrative Offices (and not “Higher Education”);108
9.5;E. From the Social Location of Texts to their Trans-Network Circulation within a Society;110
9.6;F. The Circulation of Books and Ideas across Boundaries: The Royal Court as the Institution for Intercultural Encounters;113
9.6.1;1. Questioning the Model of Itinerant and Migrant Literati;113
9.6.2;2. Strootman’s “Outer Court”;114
9.6.3;3. The Outer Court as a “Multiple” Contact Zone?;115
9.6.4;4. Devolution;117
9.6.5;5. The Cultural Role of Courts in Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic Times: A Comparison;119
9.7;G. Conclusion;121
10;Diana Edelman: Identities within a Central and Peripheral Perspective The Use of Aramaic in the Hebrew Bible;124
10.1;A. Introduction;124
10.2;B. Identity Strategies;124
10.3;C. Code-Switching in Bilingual and Multi-Lingual Contexts;127
10.4;D. Language and Group Identity;132
10.4.1;1. The Use of Hebrew and Aramaic in TANAK;135
10.4.2;1. Genesis 31:47;138
10.4.3;2. Jeremiah 10:11;138
10.4.4;3. Ezra 4:8–6:18; 7:11–26;140
10.4.5;4. Daniel 2:4–7:28;143
10.5;E. Conclusion;145
11;Francis Landy: Between Centre and Periphery: Space and Gender in the Book of Judges in the Early Second Temple Period;148
12;Hermann-Josef Stipp: Jeremiah 24: Deportees, Remainees, Returnees, and the Diaspora;178
12.1;A. The Deportees, the Remainees, the Returnees and the Diaspora in Jeremiah 24;179
12.2;B. Theories on the Origin and Background of Jeremiah 24;185
12.2.1;1. Deuteronomistic Redaction?;185
12.2.2;2. Golah-Oriented Redaction?;187
12.2.3;3. An Ideological Weapon in Faction Fights in Post-Exilic Jerusalem?;189
12.3;C. A New Proposal;193
13; Kåre Berge: Are There Centres and Peripheries in Deuteronomy?;196
14;Reinhard Müller The Altar on Mount Gerizim (Deuteronomy 27:1–8) Center or Periphery?;212
14.1;A. Remarks on the Textual History of Deuteronomy 27:4;214
14.2;B. Literary History of Deuteronomy 27:1–8;217
14.3;C. Peripheries and Centers: Jordan, Gerizim, Ebal, Jerusalem;228
15;Erik Aurelius: Periphery as Provocation? 1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 5;230
16;Magnar Kartveit: The Temple of Jerusalem as the Centre of Affairs in the Book of Chronicles: Memories of the Past and Contemporary Social Setting;244
16.1;A. Three Theories;244
16.2;B. Israel as the Centre of the World: Chapter 1;247
16.3;C. Jerusalem as the Centre of Israel: Chapters 2–9;250
16.4;D. The Temple as the Centre of Jerusalem and the Land: 1 Chronicles 10–2 Chronicles 36;252
16.5;E. Conclusion;256
17;Louis C. Jonker: Being both on the Periphery and in the Centre: The Jerusalem Temple in Late Persian Period Yehud from Postcolonial Perspective;258
17.1;A. Introduction;258
17.2;B. Methodological “Preamble”;259
17.3;C. The Differentiated Socio-Historical Context of the Late Persian Period and the Portrayal of the Temple in Chronicles;263
17.3.1;1. The Jerusalem Temple and Persian Imperial Religion;266
17.3.2;2. The Jerusalem Temple and Other Sanctuaries;270
17.3.3;3. Tribal Rivalry Over a Central Sanctuary;275
17.4;D. Synthesis: Power Relations and Second Temple as Reflected in Chronicles;280
18;Gary N. Knoppers: What is the Core and What is the Periphery in Ezra-Nehemiah?;284
18.1;A. Centres and Satellites? The Complexities of Ancient Greek Colonization;289
18.2;B. Ezra: Core and Periphery in Reverse?;294
18.3;C. Core-Periphery Reversals in Nehemiah;299
18.4;D. Core and Periphery: The View from Babylon and Susa;303
19;Juha Pakkala: Centers and Peripheries in the Ezra Story;310
19.1;A. Introduction;310
19.2;B. Ezra-Nehemiah as a Composition;312
19.3;C. Centers and Peripheries in the Ezra Story;314
19.4;D. Political Centers;319
19.5;E. Ideological Centers;322
19.6;F. Who Formed (the Center of) the Jewish Community?;325
19.7;G. Concluding Remarks;328
20;Friedhelm Hartenstein: The King on the Throne of God: The Concept of World Dominion in Chronicles and Psalm 2;330
20.1;A. Point of Departure: The Particularity of Psalm 2:6;330
20.2;B. On the Concept of World Empire in Chronicles in the Light of the Persian Political Thought and its Representations;332
20.2.1;1. The Achaemenid Concept of World Empire – An Outline;334
20.2.2;2. The Concept of the World Kingdom in Chroniclesin its Temporal and Territorial Particularity;336
20.2.2.1;a) Chronology / Prototypic Order;336
20.2.2.2;b) Spatial structure / implicit world view;337
20.3;C. Psalm 2 and Chronicles: A Synopsis in the Light of 2 Chronicles 20;341
20.3.1;1. Short Outline on the Structure and Content of Psalm 2;341
20.3.2;2. The Implicit Worldview/Concept of World dominion of Psalm 2 in Comparison with that of Chronicles;342
20.4;D. Figures;344
21;Beate Ego: Jerusalem and the Nations: “Center and Periphery” in the Zion Tradition;348
21.1;A. The Zion Tradition – Introductory Remarks;348
21.2;B. “Center and Periphery” in the Time of the Monarchy;349
21.3;C. “Center and Periphery” in the Exilic and Persian Periods;351
21.4;D. Outlook: “Center and Periphery” in the Hellenistic Period;358
22;Kathrin Liess: Centre and Periphery in Psalm 137;362
22.1;A. Translation and Structure of Psalm 137;364
22.2;B. Images of Periphery and Centre in Psalm 137;368
22.2.1;1. Living in the Periphery: Babylon (vv. 1–4);368
22.2.1.1;a) The Periphery as a Watered City;368
22.2.1.2;b) The Periphery as a Place of Suffering;372
22.2.1.3;c) The Periphery as “Foreign Soil”;373
22.2.2;2. Loyalty to the Centre: Jerusalem (vv. 5–6);375
22.2.2.1;a) Apodosis: Forgetting the Centre Concerns the Body and the Human Being as a Whole;376
22.2.2.2;b) Protasis: Remembering the Centre Elevates Jerusalem;380
22.2.3;3. Curse for the Periphery: Babylon (vv. 7–9);382
22.2.3.1;a) The Foundation and Destruction of the Centre: Jerusalem;383
22.2.3.2;b) The Destruction of the Periphery: Edom and Babylon;386
22.3;C. From Periphery to Centre: Some Remarks on the Historical Setting;391
22.3.1;1. Psalm 137 as a Psalm for those Living in the Periphery;392
22.3.2;2. Psalm 137 as a Psalm for those Living in the Centre;393
23;Christoph Levin: The Edition of the Psalms of Ascents;396
23.1;A. Centre and Periphery;396
23.2;B. Ps 120–134 as Part of the Book of Psalms;398
23.3;C. Incorporation;400
23.4;D. Further Additions: The Righteousness Revision;403
23.5;E. The Edition of the Psalms of Ascents;405
23.6;F. The Reworking of the Individual Psalms;406
23.7;G. The Other Psalms of the Collection;413
23.8;H. The Arrangement of the Collection;414
24; Ann-Cathrin Fiß: “As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12) Mercy as the Centre of Psalm 103;416
24.1;A. Psalm 103: Structure and Content;417
24.2;B. Mercy as the Theological Centre of the Psalm;417
24.2.1;1. Mercy as the Foundation of Anthropology;417
24.2.2;2. Mercy and Creation Theology;419
24.2.3;3. Mercy and Fulfillment of the Commandments;421
24.2.4;4. The Celestial Beings Obedience to the Commandments;422
24.3;C. To Whom Does Mercy Apply?;424
25;Urmas Nõmmik: Qinah Meter: From Genre Periphery to Theological Center – A Sketch;426
25.1;A.;427
25.2;B.;431
25.3;C.;435
25.3.1;1. Cluster 1;436
25.3.2;2. Cluster 2;436
25.3.3;3. Cluster 3;437
25.3.4;4. Cluster 5;438
25.3.5;5. Cluster 6;442
25.3.6;6. Cluster 7;444
25.3.7;7. Cluster 4;445
25.4;D.;449
25.5;E.;450
26;Peter Juhás: “Center” and “Periphery” in the Apocalyptic Imagination: The Vision of the Ephah (Zechariah 5:5–11) and the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch as Case Study;452
26.1;A. Introduction;452
26.2;B. The Texts Studied;452
26.3;C. The Proto-Zechariah – The Vision of the Ephah;454
26.3.1;1. Redaction-Critical Observations;455
26.3.2;2. The Ephah and the Winged Women;457
26.3.3;3. A Temple or a Safe Storage House?;460
26.4;D. The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch;461
27;List of Contributors;468
28;Source Index;470
29;Author Index;476

Über Autor(innen)

Ben Zvi, Ehud
Born 1951; Professor (History & Classics) at the University of Alberta; has served and serves as chair of program units/research programmes at the Society of Biblical Literature and the European Association of Biblical Studies; founder and general editor of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and former president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.

Levin, Christoph
Geboren 1950; 1998 bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2016 Professor an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen und der Finnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 2010-13 Präsident der International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT).