4 Maccabees / / David A. DeSilva

• Autore: deSilva David A. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Disciplina: 229.7506
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Hellenistic 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
• Titolo autorizzato: 4 Maccabees
• ISBN: 1-283-20117-8; 9786613201171; 0-567-61580-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789672403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.