Buch, Englisch, Band 95, 197 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 277 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 95, 197 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 277 g
Reihe: Contributions to Biblical Exeg
ISBN: 978-90-429-3967-7
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
This volume surveys the brief accounts of Israelite history written in
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek between the third century BCE and the first
century CE and found in compositions that did not enter the Hebrew
biblical canon. Engaging in a detailed discussion of study cases and
collective analysis of over forty texts, it demonstrates the affinities
this category exhibits with “biblical” summaries and the influence it
betrays of Hellenistic and early-Roman period literary conventions.
Inter alia, the novel features it displays and new topics with which it
deals, the focus it places on individual figures, and the interest it
displays in the temporal axis of history reflect a process of
cross-fertilization. The reviews of Israelite history that date from
this period are thus hybrid artifacts that blend the conventions
governing the “biblical” historical summaries with those of other
literary models—such as genealogies, lists of examples, and apocalyptic
historiography.
