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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819741103321

Autore

Bergsma John Sietze

Titolo

The jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran : a history of interpretation / / by John Sietze Bergsma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-40026-2

9786611400262

90-474-1056-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, , 0083-5889 ; ; v. 115

Disciplina

296.4/9

Soggetti

Jubilee (Judaism)

Sabbatical year (Judaism)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Notre Dame, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-325) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 1 The Jubilee and its History of Interpretation / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 2 Antecedents of the Jubilee Legislation / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 3 The Life-Setting (Sitz-im-Leben) of the Jubilee / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 4 The Jubilee as Text: Setting, Structure, Exegesis of Leviticus 25 / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 5 The Jubilee in Other Pentateuchal Texts / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 6 Pertinent Texts in Kings and Jeremiah / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 7 The Jubilee in the Latter Prophets / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 8 The Jubilee in the Writings / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 9 The Jubilee in Second Temple Literature / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 10 The Jubilee at Qumran / John Sietze Bergsma -- Chapter 11 Conclusions / John Sietze Bergsma -- Bibliography / John Sietze Bergsma -- Scripture Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Dead Sea Scrolls Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Pseudephigrapha Citations Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Modern Author Index / John Sietze Bergsma -- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum / John Sietze Bergsma.

Sommario/riassunto

The observation of the Jubilee Year 2000 by many Christian groups worldwide generated renewed interest in the theological, historical, and socio-economic aspects of the biblical jubilee. This book begins with



an analysis of the historical origins of the jubilee institution in ancient Israel, and then traces the reinterpretation of the jubilee and the text of Leviticus 25 through the Old Testament, the Second Temple literature, and the Qumran documents. It demonstrates that, with the passage of time, the socio-economic implementation of the jubilee is increasingly de-emphasized in favor of an eschatological interpretation, in which the jubilee itself functions as a type of the final age, and cycles of jubilee years are employed to calculate when this age will arrive.