LEADER 02608nam 2200565 450 001 9910828955903321 005 20230118225016.0 010 $a1-283-20117-8 010 $a9786613201171 010 $a0-567-61580-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106678 035 $a(EBL)742687 035 $a(OCoLC)741687197 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11361199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514390 035 $a(PQKB)10491710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10867033 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320117 035 $a(OCoLC)893335626 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106678 100 $a20140515h19981998 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a4 Maccabees /$fDavid A. DeSilva 210 1$aSheffield, England :$cSheffield Academic Press,$d[1998] 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 225 1 $aGuides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85075-896-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 Authors 330 $aHellenistic Greek society offered many advantages to the Jew who was willing to relax Torah for the sake of easier relations with the dominant culture. 4 Maccabees was written to reassure Jewish readers that Torah was in fact the sole path to the perfection of the virtues honoured in Greek culture, as it freed the diligent devotee from slavery to the desire, emotion and the domination of pain and pleasure. In brief compass, deSilva provides a detailed look at the rhetorical and philosophical strategy of the author of 4 Maccabees, who redirects the hearers' desire for honour and advancement tow 410 0$aGuides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. 676 $a229.7506 700 $adeSilva$b David A.$f1967-$01625871 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828955903321 996 $a4 Maccabees$94057113 997 $aUNINA