Four Maccabees - Info and Reading Options
By David A. deSilva
"Four Maccabees" is published by Sheffield Academic Press in c1998 - England, the book is classified in bibliography genre and the language of the book is English.
“Four Maccabees” Metadata:
- Title: Four Maccabees
- Author: David A. deSilva
- Language: English
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Publish Date: c1998
- Publish Location: England
- Genres: ➤ bibliography - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
“Four Maccabees” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, etc
Edition Specifications:
- Number of Pages: 172 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 39678675
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): gb^98058152^
- ISBN-13: 9781850758969
- All ISBNs: 1850758964 - 9781850758969
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"Four Maccabees" Table Of Contents:
- 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.
"Four Maccabees" Description:
Harvard Library:
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 toward those commitments that will preserve his Jewish subculture from assimilation. This often neglected text becomes an engaging window into Hellenistic Judaism and into some of the concerns that were formative influences on the early church.>
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