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Creation, covenant, and the beginnings of Judaism [electronic resource] : reconceiving historical time in the Second Temple period / by Ari Mermelstein.

By: Mermelstein, AriMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism: v. 168.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 p.)ISBN: 9789004281653 (electronic book)Subject(s): Bible. Ecclesiasticus | Bible. Ecclesiasticus | 586 B.C. - 210 A.D | Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Judaism -- History | Judaism -- Origin | Time -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Apocryphal books (Old Testament) | Judaism -- Origin | Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism) | Judaism | Time -- Religious aspects -- JudaismGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History.DDC classification: 229/.06 LOC classification: BS1700 | .M385 2014Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

1. The relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature -- 2. Wisdom of Ben Sira: Jewish history as the unfolding of creation -- 3 Wisdom of Ben Sira: timelessness in support of the Temple-State -- 4. The Book of Jubilees: timeless dimensions of a covenantal relationship -- 5. The animal Apocalypse: the timeless symbols of history -- 6. Fourth Ezra: time and history as theological critique -- 7. Synthesis and conclusions.

Summary: This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees, the Animal Apocalypse, and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and the inevitable redemption, history did not assume the shape of a line but of a circle. These authors restored continuity across history by reducing historical events to a series of static, repeating patterns that linked one period to the next in uninterrupted fashion until the end-time.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-208) and index.

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This study examines the relationship between time and history in Second Temple literature. Numerous sources from that period express a belief that Jewish history began with an act of covenant formation and proceeded in linear fashion until the exile, an event which severed the present from the past. The authors of Ben Sira, Jubilees, the Animal Apocalypse, and 4 Ezra responded to this theological challenge by claiming instead that Jewish history began at creation. Between creation and the inevitable redemption, history did not assume the shape of a line but of a circle. These authors restored continuity across history by reducing historical events to a series of static, repeating patterns that linked one period to the next in uninterrupted fashion until the end-time.