The Ambiguity of Death in the Book of Wisdom 1-6

The Ambiguity of Death in the Book of Wisdom 1-6 A Study of Literary Structure and Interpretation - Analecta Biblica Dissertationes

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L'ambiguita della morte nel libro della Sapienza 1-6. Studio di Michael Kolarchik. Questo studio dimostra che un'attenta lettura del testo apre il lettore alla metafora di una scena processuale. Attraverso l'elaborazione metaforica del processo, si mettono a confronto le opinioni conflittuali sulla mortalita, sulla morte fisica e sulla morte definitiva, all'interno di una discussione drammatica sulla vita e sulla morte. The first six chapters of the Book of Wisdom contain some rather daring and bold declarations on the nature of death: God did not make death (1:13). and through envy of the adversary, death entered the world (2:24). Numerous study have dealt with the idea of death in Wisdom from different points of view: eschatology, theology of sin, development of the idea of death in OT. A careful reading of the text opens the reader to the atuhor's metaphor of a trial scene. Throughout the metaphorical elaboration of the trial, conclicting views on mortality, physical death, and ultimate death play against one another within a dramatic argument of life and death.

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ISBN: 9788876531279
Publisher: Gregorian & Biblical Press
Imprint: Gregorian & Biblical Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 229.3066
Language: English
Number of pages: 236
Weight: 295g
Height: 240mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 13mm