The responsive self: personal religion in biblical literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods
Susan Niditch
The responsive self: personal religion in biblical literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods
Author
Susan NiditchPublisher
Yale University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
The responsive self: personal religion in biblical literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods / Susan NiditchPublication Details
نیوهیون : Yale University Press، 2015مPhysical Description
vii, 190 p.; 25 cm.Subject
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etcSelf Religious aspects
Judaism -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D History
series
(The Anchor Yale Bible reference library؛ )Language
انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )pages 361-871( and indexes.
Contents
Introduction -- Sour grapes, suffering, and coping with chaos: outlook on the individual -- Personal religion in Ecclesiastes and Job : conventional wisdom, responses in the first-person voice, and the problem of suffering -- From incantation and lament to autobiography -- The negotiating self : vowing and personal religion -- Material religion, created and experienced : burial sites, symbolic visions, and sign acts -- Experiencing the Divine personally : heavenly visits and earthly encounters -- Characterization and contrast : dynamics of the personal in late-biblical narration -- Conclusion