Testament of Abraham
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Testament of Abraham

  1. 543 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Testament of Abraham

About this book

This first verse-by-verse commentary on the Greek text of the Testament of Abraham places the work within the history of both Jewish and Christian literature. It emphasizes the literary artistry and comedic nature of the Testament, brings to the task of interpretation a mass of comparative material, and establishes that, although the Testament goes back to a Jewish tale of the first or second century CE, the Christian elements are much more extensive than has previously been realized. The commentary further highlights the dependence of the Testament upon both Greco-Roman mythology and the Jewish Bible. This should be the standard commentary for years to come.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783110178883
eBook ISBN
9783110923971
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ancient Religion

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Abbreviations
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. I. The Greek Texts
  5. II. The Other Versions
  6. III. The Relation of the Two Greek Recensions
  7. IV. Jewish or Christian?
  8. V. Local Origin
  9. VI. Date
  10. VII. Genre
  11. VIII. Structure
  12. IX. Literary Themes and Leading Ideas
  13. X. Bibliography
  14. COMMENTARY
  15. Chapter 1 Abrahamā€™s Virtues, Michaelā€™s Assignment
  16. Chapter 2 Michael and Abraham meet Each Other
  17. Chapter 3 Signs and Wonders
  18. Chapter 4 God commissions Michael again
  19. Chapter 5 Isaacā€™s Dream
  20. Chapter 6 Recognition of Michaelā€™s Identity
  21. Chapter 7 Isaacā€™s Dream, Michaelā€™s Interpretation, Abrahamā€™s Refusal
  22. Chapter 8 Godā€™s Speech
  23. Chapter 9 Abraham strikes a Bargain
  24. Chapter 10 Abraham surveys the World
  25. Chapter 11 Two Ways and Two Gates
  26. Chapter 12 The Postmortem Judgment
  27. Chapter 13 The Judgment Interpreted
  28. Chapter 14 Abraham Repents and Intercedes
  29. Chapter 15 Abraham reneges
  30. Chapter 16 God sends Death to Abraham
  31. Chapter 17 Death reveals Himself
  32. Chapter 18 The Resurrection of Abrahamā€™s Servants
  33. Chapter 19 The Interpretation of Deathā€™s Self-Revelation
  34. Chapter 20 Abrahamā€™s Death
  35. Index of References
  36. 1. Bible
  37. 1.1 Hebrew Bible
  38. 1.2 Deuterocanonical Writings
  39. 1.3 New Testament
  40. 2. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
  41. 3. Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts
  42. 4. Apostolic Fathers
  43. 5. Nag Hammadi Codices
  44. 6. New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
  45. 7. Rabbinic Literature
  46. 7.1 Mishnah
  47. 7.2 Tosefta
  48. 7.3 Babylonian Talmud
  49. 7.4 Jerusalem Talmud
  50. 7.5 Targumic Texts
  51. 7.6 Other
  52. 8. Classical and Ancient Christian Writers and Works
  53. 9. Papyri, Inscriptions
  54. 10. Ancient Near Eastern, Samaritan, Persian, Sanskrit, Arabic Sources
  55. Index of Names and Subjects
  56. Index of Modern Authors