Géza G. Xeravits

József Zsengellér

Xavér Szabó

The volume publishes papers read at the tenth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2013. The authors explore various aspects of this literature, with pre-eminent emphasis on their relation to diverse early Jewish texts and traditions; their reactions on Hellenism; and the way they treated as a canonical collection within their history of interpretation.

Papers of the Jubilee Meeting of the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books

Canonicity, Setting, Wisdom in the Deuterocanonicals

The volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The title of the conference and the issuing volume covers an, on the one hand, extremely important and, on the other hand, regrettably neglected aspect particularly of the ancient Jewish and Christian traditions. Traditional manifestations of both Judaism and Christianity are predominantly masculine theological constructions. Despite their harsh masculine orientation, however, neither Judaism nor Christianity lacks elaboration on the female principle. When an ancient author chooses female imagery in order to make his message more emphatic, the female body as such forms an integral part of their metaphors. The contributions in this volume explore this phenomenon within the literature of early Judaism, and within its broad environments.

Religion and Female Body in Ancient Judaism and Its Environments

the volume researches Baruch chapters 4–5 in the following successive steps. The first step is a structural analysis of the three different units of the chapters, 4:5–29; 4:30–5:6; 5:7–9, during which the structure of the greater units (strophes, cantos) will be investigated, together with the structural relationship of these units with each other. After this, the biblical background of the passages is explored. The Scriptural passages that prove to be authoritative or influential for the author(s) of the Baruch passages give clues as to the particular interest and intention of the author(s). This step is supplemented by an inquiry into the tradition historical background of the prophetic psalms. Finally, I close this short monograph with some basic comments on several formative issues of Baruch 4:5–5:9. The book is written for the interest of scholars of Second Temple Judaism, biblical interpretation, and the effective history of Scripture.

Studies in the Psalms of Baruch 4–5

“Take Courage, O Jerusalem...”

Ibolya Balla

The volume contains papers read at the International Conference of the ISDCL, held in Budapest in 2015. The contributors explore various aspects of worship as reflected in the literature of Judaism from the Second Temple period to Late Antiquity. The volume provides a fresh reading of various crucial issues especially within Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Rabbinic literature, Gnostic traditions, and the emerging synagogue. The papers analyse texts and artefacts that reveal how various groups of Judaism understood the concept of worship—a pre-eminent form of expressing religious identity and interpreting fundamental traditions.

Various Aspects of Worship in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Jan Dušek

This volume presents selected papers read at the first meeting of the Society for Jewish and Biblical Studies in Central Europe, in Piliscsaba, Hungary, 1–2 February, 2009, but does not publish the proceedings of this meeting (for a clarification see here). The papers investigate various aspects of the concept “Stranger” in Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible to Mediaeval Jewish thought. The bulk of the material focuses on the Early Jewish literature, which mirrors an intensive interaction with the Hellenistic system of thought, and the development of concurring Jewish interpretations of traditional values and of identity.

Papers Read at the First Meeting of the JBSCE, Piliscsaba, 2009

The Stranger in Ancient and Mediaeval Jewish Tradition

This collected volume is one of the first contributions focusing entirely on the Book of Tobit. It treats questions of text, underlying traditions and theological questions of the book by renowned international scholars of the field.

Text, Tradition, Theology : Papers of the First International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Pápa, Hungary, 20-21 May, 2004

The Book of Tobit

Peter Porzig

Das vorliegende Buch füllt eine Lücke in der deutschsprachigen Qumranforschung, indem es eine kompakte Einführung in sämtliche in Qumran gefundenen Handschriften gibt: die genuinen Qumranschriften, das apokryphe und pseudepigraphische Material (Henoch, Jubiläen, ...) sowie, in einem kurzen Abriss, die biblischen Handschriften. Zu jedem Werk werden die maßgeblichen (auch deutschen) Ausgaben und Übersetzungen neben einschlägiger und aktueller Literatur angegeben. Eine Übersicht über die Handschriftenlage sowie zumeist eine Gliederung des jeweiligen Werks geht den Einführungen voran. Tabellen und Übersichten erleichtern es, die Inhalte in eine leicht merkbare Form zu bringen. Inhaltlicher und theologischer Überblick sowie eine kurze Darstellung der Forschungslage runden die Abschnitte ab. Immer wieder werden kurze Passagen oder Parallelen wörtlich angeführt, anhand derer die Probleme illustriert werden oder ein erster Eindruck des Werks gewonnen werden kann. Dabei sollen die Texte in ihrer Einheit, aber auch in all ihrer Verschiedenheit je für sich sprechen und nicht vorschnell einer übergreifenden These untergeordnet werden. Das Buch ist zwischen allzu populären Darstellungen und nur für Spezialisten verständlichen Einleitungen positioniert und soll Grundwissen vermitteln. Die Form der Darstellung möchte zur weiteren Beschäftigung mit "Qumran" anregen.

Einführung in die Qumranliteratur

Greg Schmidt Goering

The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal figures as authoritative in Early Judaism. The topic of the volume thus reflects Ben Wright’s research, who—especially with his work on Ben Sira, on the Letter of Aristeas, and on various problems of authority in Early Jewish texts—creatively contributed to the study of the formation of Scriptures, and to the understanding of the figures behind these texts.

Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III

Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures

The present volume contains papers delivered at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, held at the Sapientia College of Theology, Budapest, Hungary, 14–16 May, 2009. The contributions explore various aspects of the Book of Judith: its textual versions, historical background, theological ideas and literary afterlife.

Studies in the Book of Judith

A Pious Seductress

The volume publishes papers presented at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books (Pápa, Hungary). This conference dealt with the deuterocanonical additions of the Old Testament books. As such, this was one of the most extended discussions of these writings that has ever taken place at a scholarly meeting. The volume contains articles on the traditions and theology of the additions, and demonstrates their relationship with the contemporary literature of early Judaism.

Selected Studies

Deuterocanonical Additions of the Old Testament Books

The volume publishes papers presented at the International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books (Papa, Hungary). This conference dealt with the deuterocanonical additionsof theOld Testament books. As such, this was one of the most extended discussions of these writings that has ever taken place at a scholarly meeting. The volume contains articles on the traditions and theology of the additions, and demonstrates their relationship with the contemporary literature of early Judaism."

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