Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature. Yearbook : 2012/2013: Family and Kinship in the Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Main description: This volume discusses various conceptions of family and kinship in the context of deuterocanonical literature. After analyzing the topic family in a narrow sense of the term, the articles investigate general ideas of morality, respect, or love and take a critical look at representations of gender, power, and social norms in Judaism and Early Christianity Giuseppe Bellia: From Tobit to Ben Sira: from nostalgia to the recovery of fatherhood Renate Egger-Wenzel: The Emotional Relationship of the Married Couple Hannah and Tobit Beate Ego: Tobit and Tobias: A Model for an Ideal Father-Son Relationship Geoffrey D. Miller: “I Am My Father’s Only Daughter.” Sarah’s Unbalanced Relationship with Her Parents in the Book of Tobit Ibolya Balla: The relationship between husband and wife according to Sirach 25-26, 36 Nuria Calduch-Benages: Polygamy in Ben Sira? Jeremy Corley: Respect and Care for Parents in Sirach 3:1-16 Thomas R. Elssner: “The wisdom teaches their sons” (Sir 4:11). And the daughters? - Sons of Ben Sirach Pancratius C. Beentjes: Daughters and Their Father(s) in the Book of Ben Sira Jacques Vermeylen: Occasions when Wisdom replaces the Mother as Educator in Sirach and the Related Literature Maurice Gilbert: The Fate of the Impious and of their Families Luca Mazzinghi: “I loved [Wisdom] and sought her from my youth; I desired to take her for my Counsellor” (Wis 8:2a). Solomon and Wisdom: An example of the Closest Intimacy Dionisio Candido: Esther’s Family: Ethnicity, Politics and Religion Géza G. Xeravits: The Praise of the Widow? Changes in the Judith Narrative Michael W. Duggan: The Family Measure in 2 Maccabees: A Mother and Her Seven Sons (2 Macc 7:1-42) Friedrich V. Reiterer: Religious identity and its development. What may Children learn from their Elders? Christine Abart: Parents Rejoice Over Their Children: Examples in the Psalms Horacio Simian-Yofre: Jerusalem as Mother in Bar 4:5-5:9 Émile Puech: Family Relationships in 4QInstruction Luca Arcari: Illicit Unions, Hybrid Sonship, and Intermarriage in Second Temple Judaism. 1 Enoch, Book of Giants, Jubilees Eberhard Bons: Marriage and Family in Flavius Josephus’s Contra Apionem (II, § 199–206) against its Hellenistic background Antonio Pitta: Contingencies and Innovations in the Household Codes of the Pauline Traditions (Col 3:18-4:1; Eph 5:21-6:9) Rosario Pistone: Born or re-born? Identity and family bonds in 1 Peter and 4 Maccabees Stefan C. Reif: The Fathership of God in Early Rabbinic Liturgy Luciana Pepi: The Role of the Family in Traditional Judaism Bradley C. Gregory: The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah in the Venerable Bede’s Commentary on Tobit Main description: Der vorliegende Band diskutiert unterschiedliche Konzepte von Familie und Verwandtschaft im Kontext deuterokanonischer Literatur. Neben einer Analyse des Begriffs der Familie im engeren Wortsinn untersuchen die einzelnen Beiträge Vorstellungen von Moral, Respekt undLiebe und nehmen zudem Repräsentationen von gender, Macht und sozialen Normen in Judentum und dem frühen Christentum kritisch in den Blick "This volume discusses various conceptions of family and kinship in the context of deuterocanonical literature. After analyzing the topic family in a narrow sense of the term, the articles investigate general ideas of morality, respect, or love and take a critical look at representations of gender, power, and social norms in Judaism and early Christianity."--Back cover Biographical note: Angelo Passaro, Facoltà teologica di Sicilia "San Giovanni Evangelista", Palermo, Italien Biographical note: Angelo Passaro, Facoltà teologica di Sicilia "San Giovanni Evangelista", Palermo, Italy