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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Second Temple Judaism."”.
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The Book of Enoch and Second Temple Judaism.
… Modern scholars provide an abundance of secondary information. These scholars include R. H. Charles, D. S. Russell, Albert Baumgarten, Seth Schwartz, George Nickelsburg, and James VanderKam. The Book of Enoch was composed from roughly 300 BCE to 10 BCE. The Book of Enoch stands as …
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Law and Love in Second Temple Judaism and in Galatians 5:14
… in the Old Testament (Lev 19:18), the selected Second Temple texts, and Galatians 5:14. Chapter 1 describes the thesis, methodology, historical summary of the research, and significance of this dissertation. Chapter 2 examines the love of neighbor in the Old Testament, or the Levitical love …
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The Shema in John's Gospel Against its Backgrounds in Second Temple Judaism
… context and throughout the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature, the study considers how John's understanding of the divine unity has been shaped by some of these writings. Just as some of the OT prophets and authors such as Philo and Josephus interpret the Shema within their …
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Jesus and land: constructions of sacred and social space in Second Temple Judaism
… to other nations) could be understood in the Second Temple Period. Chapter Three explores the meaning of the temple as the central sacred space in the first century and also as a strong economic and political centre. There was devotion to the temple, but also opposition to it. Jesus’ action in …
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Psalms of assurance: an analysis of the formation and function of Psalms of Solomon in Second Temple Judaism
… the composition. With this view in mind, the second section seeks to examine the overall cohesion of the document in light of its poetic structure and reveals certain hermeneutical insights encountered in the process. Section three acts on the observations of the frrst two sections, that a …
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DIVINE AND HUMAN AGENCY IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND PAUL: A COMPARISON OF SIRACH, HODAYOT, AND ROMANS 7–8
Recent scholarship on Second Temple Judaism and Paul has maintained that both held “salvation” to be through God’s grace not human obedience. This study challenges this claim. Based on Josephus’ portrayal of the Jewish schools, the Second Temple period appears more diverse than recent scholarship …
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Kaige and the Early Transmission History of the Bible: A Reassessment
… kaige revision within the broader context of Second Temple Judaism and evolving attitudes towards the Hebrew text, demonstrating its role as an early effort to standardise and unify scripture amid textual pluriformity. By integrating methodologies from textual criticism, Dead Sea Scrolls …
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The Eschatological Role of the Jerusalem Temple: An Examination of Jewish Writings Dating from 586 BCE to 70 CE
… between eschatology and the Jerusalem temple within the second temple period. -- Purpose. This research investigates the role of the Jerusalem temple within the second temple Jewish writings to establish whether the Jerusalem temple has any role to play in relation to the end of the …
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The idea of sin-impurity : the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of Leviticus
… of a "priestly community," but as an aspect of Second Temple Judaism as a whole. The Community Rule (lQS), one of the main texts for the study of sin-impurity at Qumran, is a special focus of my discussion. I challenge the long-standing proposal that the community behind this document was …
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Who is the "God of this age" in 2 Corinthians 4:4?
… of "this age" grew out of categories used in Second Temple Judaism, especially apocalyptic literature. They also assert that the act of blinding people from seeing the light of the gospel can only be attributed to the enemy of God. This thesis is based on a socio-rhetorical interpretation of 2 …
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Reimagining the birth of the Messiah and his forerunner in Luke's gospel: a sociorhetorical interpretation
… 2:1–21, and closing with his presentation at the temple in 2:22–40. This closing text portion is identified as the closing texture of Luke’s juxtaposing and weaving together of the two birth and infancy narratives. The process incorporates an analysis of the ideological texture, which emerges in …
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Justification and the Individual in the Wake of the New Perspective on Paul
… successfully showed that legalism did not define second-temple Judaism, his work does not rule out the possibility of legalism within elements of the religion during the lifetime of Paul. This legalism would be more subtle than in pre-Sanders caricatures of Judaism, and is intricately tied to …
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Covenant and Identity Formation in the Second Century
… examines the use of the covenant concept in second-century texts that address three primary social and rhetorical contexts for early Christian identity formation: Judaism, Greco-Roman culture, and heterodoxy. It argues that leading Christian writers consistently developed and applied a notion …
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Scribal culture in Ben Sira (Sir 38:1-15; 41:1-15; 43:11-19; 44-50)
… at some point between 198 and 175 BCE, is a Second Temple Jewish wisdom text which regularly echoes or quotes the Hebrew Bible. A recent area of study in biblical scholarship has been that of scribal culture, written sources and physical remains left behind by societies with manuscripts and a …
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In heaven as it is on earth : the development of the interpreting angel motif in biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods.
The motif of angelic interpretation of symbolic visions is a major feature of late prophetic and apocalyptic literature, yet the development of this literary motif has remained largely unexplored within biblical scholarship. This study fills this gap in scholarship by tracing the development of the …
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According to What Nomos: Understanding Romans 2 in Conversation with Diaspora Jewish Conceptions of Nomos
… as a central piece of Paul's argument in the second chapter of his letter to the community in Rome. Throughout his argument Paul's references to nomos carry such complexity that there is significant disagreement about how to understand this nomos. On the one hand, scholars debate over the …