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deSilva, David,

4 Maccabees / David deSilva. - 1 online resource. - Septuagint Commentary Series Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Septuagint Commentary Series. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This commentary examines 4 Maccabees as a contribution to the ongoing reformulation of Jewish identity and practice in the Greek-speaking Diaspora. It analyzes the Jewish author's interaction with, and facility in, Greek rhetorical conventions, ethical philosophy, and literary culture, giving attention also to his use and interpretation of texts and traditions from the Jewish Scriptures and other Hellenistic Jewish writings. The commentary exhibits the author's skillful weaving together of all these resources to create a text that interprets the Torah-observant life as the fullest embodiment of the best Greek ethical ideals. A distinctive feature is the examination of how the experience of reading 4 Maccabees in Codex Sinaiticus differs from the experience of reading the eclectic text.

ISBN: 9789047408512 9789004147768

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047408512 DOI

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)
Fourth Book of Maccabees--Commentaries.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion.

LC Class. No.: BS1825.53 / .D47 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 229/.75077