Title Before the Bible : the liturgical body and the formation of scriptures in early Judaism / Judith H. Newman

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; Before the Bible; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I.1. Before the Bible: Understanding Text in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Textual Pluriformity; I.2. The Liturgical Body and the Ubiquity of Prayer; Redefining the Liturgical; Embodiment and the Liturgical Body; I.3. The Formation of Scriptures and Discerning Revelation; I.4. From Literary Text to Scripture; Outline of the Book; 1. Shaping the Scribal Self Through Prayer and Paideia: The Example of Ben Sira; 1.1. Prayer and the Formation of the Scribe; What Does Prayer Do? 1.2. The Self Through Neurological LensesDecentering the Self of the Scribe; 1.3. The Self as a Cultural Achievement; The Indigenous Psychology of Ben Sira; Humanity and the Impulse to Worship; The Importance of Characterizing God in Self-​Formation; The Communal Context for Self-​Formation: Honor and Shame; The Cognitive Reward of Praise and Honor; Self-​Discipline and the Embodied Sage; 1.4. Becoming Sirach: Understanding the Fluid Manuscripts; Oral Teaching and Written Words; The Shifting Shape of Wisdom Discourse; The Living Voice of the Teacher and Emulating the Sages The Ongoing Cycle of Prayer and PedagogyInterpreting and Extending Scripture; Conclusion; 2. Confessing in Exile: The Reception and Composition of Jeremiah in (Daniel) and Baruch; 2.1. Daniel and Baruch Within the Contours and Practice of Confessional Prayer; 2.2. Daniel, Jeremiah, and the Angelic Oracle; 2.3. Confessing with Baruch in Babylon and Jerusalem; Contextualizing the Narrative Introduction of Baruch 1:1-​14; The Distinctiveness of Baruch 1:15-​3:8; Baruch's Prayer and the Reception of Jeremiah; Becoming Jeremiah: The Ritualization of Baruch and the Composition of Jeremiah Conclusion3. The Eucharistic Body of Paul and the Ritualization of 2 Corinthians; 3.1. The Collection for Jerusalem and Group Cohesion; The Collection as Benefaction; Rekeying the Benefaction in Egalitarian Terms; The Financial Collection as a Costly Display of Group Commitment; The Collection as Vertical Movement and Eucharistic Liturgy; 3.2. Blessing as a Source of Consolation and Apostolic Authority; The Cultural Context of Consolation; Exile and Consolation in the Judean Context; The Exile as Corporate Experience of Death; The Continuing Enactment of Exile in Second Temple Judaism Memory and Purposeful ForgettingPaul Who Embodies Christ's Death in Suffering; 3.3. Ritualizing the Letter Through Performance; Constituting a Communal Reality Through Text; Performing Paul; Conclusion; 4. The Hodayot and the Formative Process of Performing Scripture; 4.1. Reading, Studying, and Blessing in a Textual Community; The Textual Community of the Hierarchical Yaḥad; The Maskil as Chief Teacher and Exemplar in the Yaḥad; The Indigenous Psychology of the Yaḥad; 4.2. The Hodayot and the Formation of Communal Identity; The Maskil's Confession of Knowledge Summary Before the Bible argues that a key to understanding the formation of scripture is the widespread practice of individual and communal prayer in early Judaism. Newman demonstrates that scriptures were formed because of the intertwined relationship of worship practices, learned sages who interpreted scripture, and the ongoing performance of scriptural tradition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Canon Bible. Old Testament fast Subject Prayer -- Judaism. Judaism -- Liturgy -- History RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament. RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings. Judaism -- Liturgy Prayer -- Judaism Frühjudentum Kanon Textgenese Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190212223 0190212225 9780190873509 0190873507 0190212233 9780190212230

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