Format:
XIII, 191 Seiten
ISBN:
9780300182682
Series Statement:
The anchor yale bible reference library
Content:
Friendship, though a topic of considerable humanistic and cross disciplinary interest in contemporary scholarship, has been largely ignored by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, possibly because of its complexity and elusiveness. Filling a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding of biblical texts, Saul M. Olyan provides this original, accessible analysis of a key form of social relationship. In this thorough and compelling assessment, Olyan analyzes a wide range of texts, including prose narratives, prophetic materials, psalms, pre-Hellenistic wisdom collections, and the Hellenistic-era wisdom book Ben Sira. This in-depth, contextually sensitive, and theoretically engaged study explores how the expectations of friends and family members overlap and differ, examining, among other things, characteristics that make the friend a distinct social actor; failed friendship; and friendships in narratives such as those of Ruth and Naomi, and Jonathan and David. Olyan presents a comprehensive look at what constitutes friendship in the Hebrew Bible
Content:
Friends and Family -- Failed Friendship -- Friendship in Narrative -- Friendship in Ben Sira
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Olyan, Saul M., 1959 - Friendship in the Hebrew Bible New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017 ISBN 9780300184228
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Freundschaft
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Freundschaft
Author information:
Olyan, Saul M. 1959-
