This volume presents selected papers read at the first meeting of the Society for Jewish and Biblical Studies in Central Europe, in Piliscsaba, Hungary, February 2009. The papers investigate various aspects of the concept ""Stranger"" in Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible to Mediaeval Jewish thought. The bulk of the material focuses on Early Jewish literature, which mirrors an intensive interaction with the Hellenistic system of thought, and the development of concurring Jewish interpretations of traditional values.The papers of the volume provide insightful case studies about the formation of Jewish identity in diverse periods of Israelite and Jewish history, as well as the different attitudes to strangers, being either outsiders, or belonging to opposing sects of Judaism itself. The reader finds essays of historical, literary, and hermeneutical attention; of interest also to scholars of various forms of ancient and mediaeval Judaism.
Author(s): Geza G. Xeravits
Edition: 1
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 260
Frontmatter
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Table of Contents......Page 8
Wem und wohin gehörte Atarot?......Page 10
“Strangers to One Another” The Motif of Strangeness in the Jephthah-Cycle......Page 25
Some Reflections on the Foreigner in the Dedicatory Prayer of Solomon......Page 45
Identität wahren — Integration fördern. Überlegungen auf dem Boden des Alten Testaments......Page 56
Der Fremde bei Ben Sira. Die Spannungen zwischen der spätalttestamentlichen und hellenistischen Weltauffassung......Page 73
“Stranger in a Strange Land”. Tobiah’s Journey......Page 95
Le rapport au monde étranger à l’époque hellénistique et ses changements dans le livre de Judith et dans les inscriptions historiques des Psaumes......Page 104
Die Beziehung der Makkabäer zu fremden Nationen — die Bündnisse mit Rom und Sparta......Page 116
„Ein Bethaus — für alle Völker?“ Tempel, Völker und prophetischer Heilsuniversalismus im ersten Makkabäerbuch......Page 127
Women as Strangers in Ancient Judaism: The Harlot in 4Q184......Page 148
“Strange Prophet Behind the Scenes” Balaam’s Anonym Prophecies as Key Texts of the Messianic Ideas and Biblical Interpretations of the Qumran Community......Page 169
The Use of Rhetoric in the Creation of a “Rabbinic” Identity in the Discourse of Rabbinic Literature......Page 194
Identification with a Woman? The Hannah Figure in the Babylonian Talmud (Berakhot 31a-32b)
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Jews and Romans as Friends and Foes according to Sefer Josippon......Page 237
Backmatter
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