Hellenistic Jews and Consolatory Rhetoric. 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Salomon, 1 Thessalonians, and Hebrews (Wiss. Untersuchungen z. Neuen Testament - 2. Reihe (WUNT II); Bd. 600).

Trotter, Christine R.:

ISBN 10: 3161624750 / ISBN 13: 9783161624759

Published by Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck,, 2023

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XII, 385 S. Neuwertiges Ex. / Fine Copy // Christine R. Trotter untersucht, wie die antiken Juden und die ersten Christen versuchten, Menschen zu trösten, die Verfolgung und Gewalt erlitten oder miterlebt hatten. Dadurch veranschaulicht sie die Art der interkulturellen Begegnung zwischen Juden, Griechen, Römern und Christen in Bezug auf die Linderung von Trauer und die Kultivierung von Freude. ISBN: 9783161624759 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 597.

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• Title: Hellenistic Jews and Consolatory Rhetoric. 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Salomon, 1 Thessalonians, and Hebrews (Wiss. Untersuchungen z. Neuen Testament - 2. Reihe (WUNT II); Bd. 600).
• Publisher: Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck,
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3161624750
• ISBN 13: 9783161624759
• Binding: Gr.-8°, Brosch.
• Weight: 597 grams
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Christine R. Trotter elucidates how Hellenistic Jewish writers attempted to comfort those living in the midst of and in the wake of persecution and violence. While past scholarship has explored this question primarily in terms of the development of Jewish apocalypticism and afterlife beliefs, Christine R. Trotter takes a comprehensive approach by investigating how Hellenistic Jewish authors engaged with ancient consolatory rhetoric, that is, the means of persuasion intended to move a suffering person out of grief and into joy. Through studies on 2 Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, 1 Thessalonians, and Hebrews, the author explicates how Hellenistic Jewish authors navigated the diverse traditions of consolation within their biblical heritage and Greco-Roman culture. Her work has important implications for the genre of 1 Thessalonians and the dates of composition of the Wisdom of Solomon and Hebrews.