Losing the temple and recovering the future : an analysis of 4 Ezra /

This book explores the Jewish community's response to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The focus is 4 Ezra, a text that reboots the past by imaginatively recasting textual and interpretive traditions. Instead of rebuilding the Temple, as Ezra does in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah...

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Main Author: Najman, Hindy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reboot
  • The past and future Ezra
  • The memory of Scripture
  • Re-centering the world
  • Radical hope and the revitalization of Scripture.