The Yemenite Tradition of the Targum of Lamentations: Critical Text and Analysis of the Variant Readings (Studia Post-Biblica) - Hardcover

Heide, A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004065601 ISBN 13: 9789004065604

Publisher: Brill, 1981

Synopsis

What were the political, social and intellectual relations of various religious groups in the Hellenistic and Roman world? David Rokeah suggests that they were marked by ongoing propaganda wars and that the pagan-Jewish polemic served as the foundation of the subsequent pagan-Christian polemic. He proves that the Jews were not a party to the pagan-Christian polemic, but that the Jews' very existence and their independent attitude towards Christianity and paganism alike, their holy writings and those of Ilellenistic Jewry, all helped to shape the pagan-Christian conflict. Against a historical background, the author examines specific philosophical-theological motifs of the polemic, such as religious myth, divine providence, and the election of Israel. A wealth of material from Greek, Latin, and Hebrew sources are presented in a fresh English translation, so as to help the reader sense the spirit of this important age in world history.

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Text: English

Review:

'..".the work is a classic in critical text analysis, well worth emulating in future editions of other Targums.'
Bernard Grossfeld, "Journal of Biblical Literature, 1984.
'..".travail miticuleux et critique autant qu'irudit.'
R. le Diaut, "Biblica, 1983.
'"Den Targum der Klagelieder wird man in Zukunft nur in dieser Ausgabe benutzen und zitieren d]rfen.'
R. Degen, "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1987.
'"...the work is a classic in critical text analysis, well worth emulating in future editions of other Targums."' Bernard Grossfeld, "Journal of Biblical Literature", 1984. '"...travail meticuleux et critique autant qu'erudit."' R. le Deaut, "Biblica", 1983. '"Den Targum der Klagelieder wird man in Zukunft nur in dieser Ausgabe benutzen und zitieren durfen."' R. Degen, "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung", 1987."

'."..the work is a classic in critical text analysis, well worth emulating in future editions of other Targums."' Bernard Grossfeld, "Journal of Biblical Literature," 1984. '."..travail meticuleux et critique autant qu'erudit."' R. le Deaut, "Biblica," 1983. '"Den Targum der Klagelieder wird man in Zukunft nur in dieser Ausgabe benutzen und zitieren durfen."' R. Degen, "Orientalistische Literaturzeitung," 1987."

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 9004065601
• ISBN 13: 9789004065604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 193