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4 Maccabees
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Author : David deSilva
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2006-02-01
4 Maccabees written by David deSilva and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-01 with Religion categories.
This commentary examines 4 Maccabees as a contribution to the ongoing reformulation of Jewish identity and practice in the Greek-speaking Diaspora. It analyzes the Jewish author’s interaction with, and facility in, Greek rhetorical conventions, ethical philosophy, and literary culture, giving attention also to his use and interpretation of texts and traditions from the Jewish Scriptures and other Hellenistic Jewish writings. The commentary exhibits the author’s skillful weaving together of all these resources to create a text that interprets the Torah-observant life as the fullest embodiment of the best Greek ethical ideals. A distinctive feature is the examination of how the experience of reading 4 Maccabees in Codex Sinaiticus differs from the experience of reading the eclectic text.
A Handbook On 3 4 Maccabees
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Author : Roger Aubrey Bullard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
A Handbook On 3 4 Maccabees written by Roger Aubrey Bullard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Fourth Book of Maccabees categories.
The Fourth Book Of Maccabees And Kindred Documents In Syriac
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Author :
language : syr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Fourth Book Of Maccabees And Kindred Documents In Syriac written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Syriac language categories.
The Maccabean Martyrs As Saviours Of The Jewish People
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Author : Jan Willem van Henten
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-22
The Maccabean Martyrs As Saviours Of The Jewish People written by Jan Willem van Henten and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-22 with Religion categories.
This volume deals with the presentation of the so-called Maccabean martyrs and the elder Razis in 2 and 4 Maccabees, discussing the religious, the political as well as the philosophical aspects of noble death in these writings. It argues that the theme of martyrdom is a very important part of the self-image of the Jews as presented by the authors of both works. Eleazar, the anonymous mother with her seven sons and Razis should, therefore, be considered heroes of the Jewish people. The first part of the book discusses the sources and the second part deals with the descriptions of noble death. This section of the book also offers extensive discussions of related non-Jewish traditions which highlight the political-patriotic dimension of noble death as described in 2 and 4 Maccabees.
Suffering In Ancient Worldview
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Author : Brian J. Tabb
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-20
Suffering In Ancient Worldview written by Brian J. Tabb and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-20 with Religion categories.
Suffering in Ancient Worldview investigates representative Christian, Roman Stoic and Jewish perspectives on the nature, problem and purpose of suffering. Tabb presents a close reading of Acts, Seneca's essays and letters and 4 Maccabees, highlighting how each author understands suffering vis-à-vis God, humanity, the world's problem and its solution, and the future. Tabb's study offers a pivotal definition for suffering in the 1st century and concludes by creatively situating these ancient authors in dialogue with each other. Tabb shows that, despite their different religious and cultural positions, these ancient authors each expect and accept suffering as a present reality that is governed by divine providence, however defined. Luke, Seneca and the author of 4 Maccabees each affirm that suffering is not humanity's fundamental problem. Rather, suffering functions as a cipher for other things to be displayed. For Seneca, suffering provides an opportunity for one to learn and show virtue. The author of 4 Maccabees presents the nation's suffering as retribution for sin, while the martyrs' virtuous suffering leads to Israel's salvation. For Luke, the Lord Jesus suffers to accomplish salvation and restoration for the world marred by sin and suffering, and the suffering of his followers is instrumental for Christian mission.
4 Maccabees
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Author : Tessa Rajak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2026-06-14
4 Maccabees written by Tessa Rajak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2026-06-14 with Bibles categories.
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Hosea 4 Maccabees Psalms Of Solomon The Odes
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Author : Henry Barclay Swete
language : el
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Hosea 4 Maccabees Psalms Of Solomon The Odes written by Henry Barclay Swete and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.
The Books Of Maccabees
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Author : Joseph Lumpkin
language : en
Publisher: Fifth Estate Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-20
The Books Of Maccabees written by Joseph Lumpkin and has been published by Fifth Estate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-20 with Religion categories.
1 MaccabeesAlthough the book presents the Jewish leaders Judas, Jonathan, and Simon as devout people and has little sympathy for people who favor hellenization, but it must be noted that he nowhere mentions divine intervention.The contents of the book can be summarized as follows:Chapter 1-2: The hellenization of Judah and the non-violent resistance by Mattathias;Chapter 3-9: Military actions by Judas the Maccabaean ('battle hammer'): after 166, he defeats the Seleucid armies three times and liberates Jerusalem, where the temple is purified;Chapter 9-12: Continued warfare, led by Judas' brother Jonathan (160-143), who, benefiting from wars of succession in the Seleucid Empire, restores the fortunes of the Jewish nationalists and adds to their territories;Chapter 13-16: The third brother, Simon, achieves political independence, and founds the Hasmonaean dynasty.2 Maccabees.2 Maccabees is not as well written and has a less polished form. The pagans are defined as 'blasphemous and barbarous nations' in 10.4, but there are also severe censures of apostate Jews, of whom there must therefore have been considerable numbers. We find a theological features in 2 Maccabees such as the resurrection of the body in 7.11; 14.46. This stand in stark contrast first to Wisdom and Philo, both of which teach the immortality of the soul.3 MaccabeesThe title of 3 Maccabees is a misnomer because the book has nothing to do with the Maccabees, who are never mentioned in it. The book is a story about a situation in which the Jewish people, this time in Egypt, were in danger of being annihilated by a Hellenistic monarch, who was attempting to top their religious convictions and practices.4 Maccabees4 Maccabees belongs to the Maccabees series only because it deals with the beginning of the persecution of Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes. It possibly was written during the reign of the emperor Caligula (C.E. 37.) The work's main religious theme is that the martyr's sufferings expunged the sins of the entire Jewish people through a type of propitiation. The Maccabees books were preserved only by the Christian church.
Fourth Maccabees And The Promotion Of The Jewish Philosophy
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Author : David A. DeSilva
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2023-02-23
Fourth Maccabees And The Promotion Of The Jewish Philosophy written by David A. DeSilva and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-23 with Philosophy categories.
Fourth Maccabees is a superbly crafted oration that presents a case for the Jewish way of life couched almost entirely in terms of Greek ethical ideals. Using an expansion upon previous scriptural narratives as an opportunity for philosophical exposition, its author delights in the Torah, the Law of Moses, as the divinely given path to becoming our best selves now. Moreover, drawing upon Greek logic tradition, he develops an elaborate rationalisation of that law based upon the promise of eternal life with God. In this collection of essays spanning two decades of study, David deSilva examines the formative training that produced such an author, the rhetorical craft present in his work, and the author's creative use of both Jewish and Greek literary resources. Finally, he demonstrates the book's enduring message and legacy in the Christian church, from theological influence on Origen to textual relations within Codex Sinaiticus.
Eerdmans Commentary On The Bible Third Fourth Maccabees
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Author : Philip S. Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2021-04-13
Eerdmans Commentary On The Bible Third Fourth Maccabees written by Philip S. Alexander and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Religion categories.
This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Alexander and deSilva’s introduction to and concise commentary on Third and Fourth Maccabees. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.