Gerechtigkeit

Jesus sirach, jüdisches gesetz und kosmische weisheit

This volume offers a bilingual edition of all Hebrew fragments of the early Jewish book of Ben Sira and selected texts of the ancient Greek version of this work. Accompanying essays introduce the reader to the literary and cultural contexts of the book and interpret its ethical and religious topics.

Orakel und gebete

English summary: This volume deals with the two basic forms of religious communication in antiquity. The first of these is prayer, which can be seen as an appeal and an expression of gratitude, a lament and praise, addressed to God or the gods by human beings. The second is the oracle, which can ...

Texte und kontexte des sirachbuchs

Im fruhen 2. Jh. v. Chr. in Jerusalem auf Hebraisch abgefasst, im spaten 2. Jh. v. Chr. in Alexandria ins Griechische ubersetzt, bietet das Sirachbuch eine gewaltige Synthese und Transformation weisheitlicher, kultischer, rechtlicher und historiographisch-prohetischer Traditionen des antiken Jude...

Torah, temple, land

The present volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in October 2018 at Humboldt University Berlin. The articles reflect the different categories of describing Judaism of the Second Temple Period in view of their sustainability in characterising an ancient religious community in diffe...

Von der weisheit gottes und der menschen

In this collection of essays, Markus Witte offers a survey of genres in the wisdom literature of the Old Testament as well as exegetical and thematic case studies of the books of Job, Ben Sira, Wisdom of Solomon and the Psalms of Solomon. He focuses especially on reflections on the justice and po...