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Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament SeriesPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611174106
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ezra and the Law in History and TraditionDDC classification:
  • 222/.7092
LOC classification:
  • BS580.E9 F75 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to the Continuing Story of Ezra, Scribe and Priest -- 2 The Historical Ezra -- 3 Ezra in the Hebrew Bible -- 4 First, or Greek, Esdras-The Law Triumphant -- 5 Fourth Ezra-The Ezra Apocalypse -- 6 The Christian Additions to the Ezra Apocalypse -- 7 Ezra Ascends to Heaven and Goes to Hell -- 8 Ezra among Christians, Samaritans, Muslims, and Jews of Late Antiquity -- 9 Ezra in Modern Scholarship -- Postscript: Reflections on Ezra and the Law -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2: Versions and Translations of 4 Ezra -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index.
Summary: An in-depth examination that separates the historical Ezra from the biblical legend.
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Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to the Continuing Story of Ezra, Scribe and Priest -- 2 The Historical Ezra -- 3 Ezra in the Hebrew Bible -- 4 First, or Greek, Esdras-The Law Triumphant -- 5 Fourth Ezra-The Ezra Apocalypse -- 6 The Christian Additions to the Ezra Apocalypse -- 7 Ezra Ascends to Heaven and Goes to Hell -- 8 Ezra among Christians, Samaritans, Muslims, and Jews of Late Antiquity -- 9 Ezra in Modern Scholarship -- Postscript: Reflections on Ezra and the Law -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2: Versions and Translations of 4 Ezra -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index.

An in-depth examination that separates the historical Ezra from the biblical legend.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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