02608nam 2200565 450 991078967240332120230118225016.01-283-20117-897866132011710-567-61580-4(CKB)2670000000106678(EBL)742687(OCoLC)741687197(SSID)ssj0000520627(PQKBManifestationID)11361199(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520627(PQKBWorkID)10514390(PQKB)10491710(MiAaPQ)EBC742687(Au-PeEL)EBL742687(CaPaEBR)ebr10867033(CaONFJC)MIL320117(OCoLC)893335626(EXLCZ)99267000000010667820140515h19981998 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr4 Maccabees /David A. DeSilvaSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1998]©19981 online resource (174 p.)Guides to the Apocrypha and PseudepigraphaDescription based upon print version of record.1-85075-896-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Preface; Texts, Translations and Commentaries; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. 4 Maccabees and the Jewish Diaspora: Setting, Purpose and Strategy; 3. 4 Maccabees as Philosophical Demonstration; 4. 4 Maccabees as Encomium; 5. 4 Maccabees as Protreptic Discourse; 6. The Theology of 4 Maccabees; 7. The Influence of 4 Maccabees on the Early Church; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsHellenistic Greek society offered many advantages to the Jew who was willing to relax Torah for the sake of easier relations with the dominant culture. 4 Maccabees was written to reassure Jewish readers that Torah was in fact the sole path to the perfection of the virtues honoured in Greek culture, as it freed the diligent devotee from slavery to the desire, emotion and the domination of pain and pleasure. In brief compass, deSilva provides a detailed look at the rhetorical and philosophical strategy of the author of 4 Maccabees, who redirects the hearers' desire for honour and advancement towGuides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.229.7506deSilva David A.1967-1485301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK99107896724033214 Maccabees3704351UNINA