Das Neue Testament als jüdisches Buch


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Das Neue Testament als jüdisches Buch? In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten haben sich zahlreiche christliche und jüdische Theolog*innen mit dieser Frage beschäftigt und sind zu ganz neuen Erkenntnissen in Bezug auf die neutestamentlichen Texte und Autor*innen gekommen. Dazu gehört auch die Erkenntnis einer antijüdischen Auslegung des Neuen Testaments und das Bestreben, sie zu überwinden. Das vorliegende Buch leistet zu diesem Diskurs einen wichtigen Beitrag.




Konstruktion sozialer Identität: Studien zum Reinheitsverständnis im antiken Judentum und im Neuen Testament


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Questions of purity are dealt with in a variety of ways in ancient texts. A key to understanding lies in the significance purity has for the construction, description and maintenance of social identity and how this affects representations of purity. Reinheitsfragen werden in antiken Texten vielfältig verhandelt. Ein Schlüssel zum Verständnis liegt dabei in der Frage, welche Bedeutung Reinheit für die Konstruktion, Beschreibung und den Erhalt sozialer Identität hat und wie sich dies auf Reinheitsdarstellungen auswirkt.




Neues Testament und frührabbinisches Judentum


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Hauptbeschreibung Der Band versammelt wichtige veröffentlichte und bisher unveröffentlichte Aufsätze des im Oktober 2012 unerwartet verstorbenen Neutestamentlers und Judaisten Friedrich Avemarie. Vor dem Hintergrund exzellenter Kenntnis der rabbinischen Literatur und in dezidiert theologischem Interesse am Neuen Testament entwickeln die Beiträge neue Perspektiven auf Themen und Methoden frühjüdischen und frühchristlichen Denkens und Arbeitens. Mit seinen Arbeiten zur rabbinischen Schriftauslegung, zum frühjüdischen Selbstverständnis und zu jüdischer Theologie sowie mit Arbeiten zu P.




The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture


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Garrick Allen brings the Book of Revelation into the broader context of early Jewish literature. He touches on several areas of scholarly inquiry in biblical studies, including modes of literary production, the use of allusions, practices of exegesis and early engagements with the Book of Revelation.







Brücken Bauen in Einem Vielgestaltigen Europa


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Building bridges has been and still is the main task of the European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR). It aims to facilitate theological and academic religious debate transcending the borders between languages and countries, as well as those resulting from religions, confessions, cultures or traditions, in order to offer constructive future perspectives. This volume has now adopted "building bridges" as its main theme. It reflects the contributions to the 11th International Conference of ESWTR held in 2005 in the unique historical and cultural setting of Budapest. European women in the lead of theological research discuss the subject on the basis of their different specialist approaches and thus provide a unique spectrum of contemporary discourse from very varied disciplines in theology and religious studies.




New Perspectives on 2 Enoch


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New Perspectives on 2 Enoch: No Longer Slavonic Only presents a collection of papers from the fifth conference of the Enoch Seminar. The conference re-examines 2 Enoch, an early Jewish apocalyptic text previously known to scholars only in its Slavonic translation, in light of recently identified Coptic fragments. This approach helps to advance the understanding of many key issues of this enigmatic and less explored Enochic text. One of the important methodological lessons of the current volume lies in the recognition that the Adamic and Melchizedek traditions, the mediatorial currents which play an important role in the apocalypse, are central for understanding the symbolic universe of the text. The volume also contains the recently identified Coptic fragments of 2 Enoch, introduced to scholars for the first time during the conference.




Theology in Conflict


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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Paul's Use of God-Language in Romans -- Paul's Use of God-Language in Controversy in Romans I-4 and 9-II -- 'The Name of God is Blasphemed Among the Gentiles Because of You ' -- God-Language and the Church of Jews and Non-Jews -- In Defence of the Promise of God -- God and his Promise to Abraham -- Paul's Use of the Promise Theme in Galatians and Romans -- God 'Who Gives Life to the Dead ' -- Final Remarks -- Select Bibliography -- Scripture Index.




The Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People


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This volume deals with the presentation of the so-called Maccabean martyrs and the elder Razis in 2 and 4 Maccabees, discussing the religious, the political as well as the philosophical aspects of noble death in these writings. It argues that the theme of martyrdom is a very important part of the self-image of the Jews as presented by the authors of both works. Eleazar, the anonymous mother with her seven sons and Razis should, therefore, be considered heroes of the Jewish people. The first part of the book discusses the sources and the second part deals with the descriptions of noble death. This section of the book also offers extensive discussions of related non-Jewish traditions which highlight the political-patriotic dimension of noble death as described in 2 and 4 Maccabees.




The German-Hebrew Dialogue


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In the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, it seemed there was no place for German in Israel and no trace of Hebrew in Germany — the two languages and their cultures appeared as divergent as the directions of their scripts. Yet when placed side by side on opposing pages, German and Hebrew converge in the middle. Comprised of essays on literature, history, philosophy, and the visual and performing arts, this volume explores the mutual influence of two linguistic cultures long held as separate or even as diametrically opposed. From Moses Mendelssohn’s arrival in Berlin in 1748 to the recent wave of Israeli migration to Berlin, the essays gathered here shed new light on the painful yet productive relationship between modern German and Hebrew cultures.