Early Judaism and Modern Culture: Literature and Theology (2011 Oegema), book

Early Judaism and Modern Culture: Literature and Theology (2011) is a book by Gerbern S. Oegema.

Abstract

"Gerbern Oegema has long been drawn to the noncanonical literature of early Judaism literature written during the time between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament (300 b.c.e.200 c.e.). These works, many of which have been lost, forgotten, and rediscovered, are now being studied with ever-increasing enthusiasm by scholars and students alike. Although much recent attention has been given to the literary and historical merits of the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and other deutero- and extracanonical writings, Early Judaism and Modern Culture shows that it is also important to study these literary works from a theological perspective. To that end, Oegema considers the reception of early Jewish writings throughout history and identifies their theological contributions to many issues of perennial importance: ethics, politics, gender relations, interreligious dialogue, and more. Oegema demonstrates decisively that these books more than merely objects of academic curiosity have real theological and cultural relevance for churches, synagogues, and society at large today."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2011.

Contents

Introduction: noncanonical writings between early Judaism and early Christianity -- The status quaestionis: a brief history of research on early Judaism -- Early Judaism and modern culture: the unanswered questions -- Early Judaism and the Bible -- Early Judaism and philosophy -- Early Judaism and the politics of identity -- Early Judaism and the literary world -- Early Judaism and gender -- Early Judaism and ethics -- Early Judaism and interreligious dialogue -- Early Judaism between tradition and politics -- Early Judaism and rabbinic Judaism -- Early Judaism and the early church -- Postscript: early Judaism and modern culture: a theological approach

External links

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