Format:
1 Online Ressource (XIV, 491 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783110343366
,
9783110383669
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft volume 457
Content:
The central theme of the book is the relationship between a hero or cultural icon and the cultures in which he or she is venerated. On one hand, a hero cannot remain a static character if he or she is to appeal to diverse and dynamic communities. On the other hand, a traditional icon should retain some basic features in order to remain recognizable. Joshua son of Nun is an iconic figure of Israelite cultural memory described at length in the Hebrew Bible and venerated in numerous religious traditions. This book uses Joshua as a test case. It tackles reception and redaction history, focusing on the use and development of Joshua’s character and the deployment of his various images in the narratives and texts of several religious traditions. I look for continuities and discontinuities between traditions, as well as cross-pollination and polemic. The first two chapters look at Joshua’s portrayal in biblical literature, using both synchronic (literary analysis) as well as diachronic (Überlieferungsgeschichte and redaction/source criticism) methodologies. The other four chapters focus on the reception history of Joshua in Second Temple and Hellenistic Jewish literature, in the medieval (Arabic) Samaritan Book of Joshua, in the New Testament and Church Fathers, and in Rabbinic literature.
Content:
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Introduction -- -- Chapter 1 – Biblical Joshua(s) -- -- Chapter 2 – Pre-Biblical Joshua(s) -- -- Chapter 3 – Hellenistic and Second Temple Joshua(s) -- -- Chapter 4 –Samaritan Joshua(s) -- -- Chapter 5 – Early Christian Joshua(s) -- -- Chapter 6 – Rabbinic Joshua(s) -- -- Conclusion -- -- Bibliography -- -- Primary Sources -- -- Modern Authors
Note:
"This book began as a Ph.D. dissertation at Emory University,"
,
Dissertation Emory University
,
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110338881
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Farber, Zeʾev, 1976 - Images of Joshua in the Bible and their reception Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016 ISBN 3110338882
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110338881
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Josua Biblische Person
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Frühjudentum
;
Frühchristentum
;
Samaritaner
;
Rabbinismus
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110343366
URL:
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Author information:
Farber, Zeʾev 1976-
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