TY  - BOOK
AU  - deSilva,David
TI  - 4 Maccabees
T2  - Septuagint Commentary Series
SN  - 9789047408512
AV  - BS1825.53 .D47 2006
U1  - 229/.75077 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript)
KW  - Fourth Book of Maccabees
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Philosophy & Religion
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047408512
ER  -