The Aramaic version of the Bible : contents and context / Etan Levine.

Author
Levine, Étan [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Εdition
Reprint 2012
Published/​Created
Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1988.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)

Details

Subject(s)
Series
  • Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 174. [More in this series]
  • Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; 174
Subseries of
Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Notes
Includes the Aramaic text of the Bible with English translations.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language note
In English.
Contents
  • Front matter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introductory Essays
  • I. The People and the Book
  • II. The Language Barrier
  • III. Tradition and Translation
  • IV. The Extant Targums
  • V. The Aramaic Version as Textual Witness
  • VI. General Characteristics of Targum
  • The Aramaic Version of the Bible
  • I. Aspects of Monotheism
  • II. The Name of God
  • III. The Angelic, the Demonic & the Occult
  • IV. Revelation through Word and Wonder
  • V. On Divine Justice
  • VI. Free Will and the Evil Urge
  • VII. Israel of the Flesh; Apologetic Biography
  • VIII. Imputed Merit and Imputed Guilt
  • IX. The Holiness Imperative
  • X. The Jerusalem Temple
  • XI. Repentance and Atonement
  • XII. On Prayer
  • XIII. On Torah
  • XIV. The Legitimation of Pharisaic Authority
  • XV. Pharisaic-Rabbinic Law and Institutions
  • XVI. Contradictions of Pharisaic-Rabbinic Law
  • XVII. History and Historiography
  • XVIII. The Theology of Exile
  • XIX. Confronting Pagan Civilization
  • XX. Anti-Christian Polemic
  • XXI. Anti Moslem Polemic
  • XXII. The Messiah
  • XXIII. Resurrection and the Afterlife
  • Select Bibliography
  • Source Index
  • Index of Aramaic and Hebrew Terms
  • Subject Index
  • Backmatter
Other format(s)
Issued also in print.
Other title(s)
  • Bible. O.T. Aramaic. 1988.
  • Bible. O.T. English. Levine. 1988.
ISBN
3-11-084669-1
OCLC
  • 922945669
  • 979588060
Doi
  • 10.1515/9783110846690
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