Format:
1 Online-Ressource (363 Seiten)
,
2 b&w tables
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9783657704866
Series Statement:
Journal of Ancient Judaism - Supplements
Content:
This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God. Jewish discourse in the Greco-Roman period (4th c. BCE until 1st c. CE) on human nature was not exclusively particularistic, although the immediate concern was often communal-specific. Evidence shows that many of these discussions were also an attempt to grasp a general, or universal, human nature. The focus of this work has been narrowed to three categories that encapsulate the most prevalent themes in Second Temple Jewish texts, namely, creation, composition, and condition
Note:
[2021]
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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