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Title Yearbook 2012/2013 : family and kinship in the Deuterocanonical and cognate literature / edited by Angelo Passaro
Published Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (599 pages)
Series Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook, 1614-3361 ; 2012/2013
Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; 2012/2013.
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; From Tobit to Ben Sira: from nostalgia to the recovery of fatherhood; The Emotional Relationship of the Married Couple Hannah and Tobit; Tobit and Tobias: A Model for an Ideal Father-Son Relationship; "I Am My Father's Only Daughter." Sarah's Unbalanced Relationship with Her Parents in the Book of Tobit; The relationship between husband and wife according to Sirach 25-26, 36; Polygamy in Ben Sira?; Respect and Care for Parents in Sirach 3:1-16; "The wisdom teaches their sons" (Sir 4:11). And the daughters? -- Sons of Ben Sirach
Daughters and Their Father(s) in the Book of Ben SiraOccasions when Wisdom replaces the Mother as Educator in Sirach and the Related Literature; The Fate of the Impious and of their Families; "I loved [Wisdom] and sought her from my youth; I desired to take her for my Counsellor" (Wis 8:2a). Solomon and Wisdom: An example of the Closest Intimacy; Esther's Family: Ethnicity, Politics and Religion; The Praise of the Widow? Changes in the Judith Narrative; The Family Measure in 2 Maccabees: A Mother and Her Seven Sons (2 Macc 7:1-42)
Religious identity and its development. What may Children learn from their Elders?Parents Rejoice Over Their Children: Examples in the Psalms; Jerusalem as Mother in Bar 4:5-5:9; Family Relationships in 4QInstruction; Illicit Unions, Hybrid Sonship, and Intermarriage in Second Temple Judaism. 1 Enoch, Book of Giants, Jubilees; Marriage and Family in Flavius Josephus's Contra Apionem (II, 199-206) against its Hellenistic background; Contingencies and Innovations in the Household Codes of the Pauline Traditions (Col 3:18-4:1; Eph 5:21-6:9)
Born or re-born? Identity and family bonds in 1 Peter and 4 MaccabeesThe Fathership of God in Early Rabbinic Liturgy; The Role of the Family in Traditional Judaism; The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah in the Venerable Bede's Commentary on Tobit; Authors; Index of Modern Authors; Index of References; Index of Subjects
Summary This volume discusses various conceptions of family and kinship in the context of deuterocanonical literature. After analyzing the topic family in a narrow sense of the term, the articles investigate general ideas of morality, respect, or love and take a critical look at representations of gender, power, and social norms in Judaism and Early Christianity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Deuteronomy -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
Bible. Deuteronomy. fast (OCoLC)fst01808024
Subject Families -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses
Kinship in the Bible -- Congresses
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Families -- Biblical teaching.
Kinship in the Bible.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Passaro, Angelo, editor
ISBN 9783110310436
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