| The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World Contributor(s): Havelaar, Hw (Author), Rutgers, LV (Author), Teugels, LM (Author) |
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ISBN: 9042906960 ISBN-13: 9789042906969 Publisher: Peeters OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: The sixteen essays in this book take a range of approaches and methodologies to the function of sacred books in pagan, Jewish and Christian antiquity. A wide range of topics are covered including a discussion of the emergence of canonical scriptures in late antiquity; investigation of parallels between exegesis of Homer by the Greeks and that of the Bible by the Jews; a discussion of the use of scared books as instant oracles; a study of the rise of Virgil's Aeneid to the status of 'canonical' book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Christian Theology - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 291.82 |
| LCCN: 00298710 |
| Series: Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology |
| Physical Information: 316 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this volume a number of scholars from Israel, the USA, and England have joined forces with the well-known Utrecht University Research Unit "The Cultural Milieu of Early Christianity" to investigate in an unprecendently interdisciplinary fashion how sacred books functioned in pagan, Jewish, and Christian circles. The 16 essays cover a wide range of topics including a discussion of emergence of canonical scriptures in late antiquity, an investigation of parallels between exegesis of Homer by the Greeks and that of the Bible by the Jews, a study of the rise of Virgil's Aeneid to the status of "canonical" book; a discussion of the use of sacred books as instant oracles; an investigation of the role of the Bible in polemics between Jews and Christians; an analysis of the wide variety of quotation formula's used by New Testament authors, a discussion of the role of biblical interpretation in the thought world of Jesus' brother, James; an investigation of the function of Scripture in the midrash Aggadat Bereshit, and other topics. |
