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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819875603321

Autore

Henderson Ruth <1948->

Titolo

Second Temple songs of Zion : a literary and generic analysis of the Apostrophe to Zion (11QPSA xxii 1-15); Tobit 13:9-18 and 1 Baruch 4:30-5:9  / / Ruth Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-036807-2

3-11-031579-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, , 1865-1666 ; ; Volume 17

Classificazione

BC 6700

Disciplina

229/.066

Soggetti

Elizabeth Hay Bechtel Psalms scroll - Criticism, interpretation, etc

RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings

Jerusalem In the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. The topos of the future Jerusalem in Second Temple literature -- 2. Methodological considerations -- 3. The Apostrophe to Zion -- 4. Tobit 13:1-18 -- 5. 1 Bar 4:30-5:9 -- 6. Genre analysis of the Apostrophe to Zion, Tob 13:9-18 and 1 Bar 4:30-5:9 -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Although in Second Temple literature we find a variety of songs concerned with the future of Jerusalem, little attempt has been made to analyse these comparatively as a generic group. In this study, three songs have been selected on the basis of their similarity in style, ideas and their apparent original composition in Hebrew. The texts have been subjected to a literary analysis both individually and then comparatively"--