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Diese Studie untersucht eine der drastischsten und umstrittensten Gewaltdarstellungen der hebräischen Bibel: Das Esterbuch erzählt von der Abwendung der geplanten Vernichtung des jüdischen Volkes in der Perserzeit. Das gelingt durch die Interaktion der jüdischen Protagonisten mit dem Perserhof, aber auch durch den Einsatz militärischer Gewalt. Das neunte Kapitel berichtet davon, wie die persischen Juden zehntausende ihrer Feinde töten, bevor sie das Purimfest feiern. Die vorliegende Arbeit fragt nach den literarhistorischen, traditionsgeschichtlichen und historischen Wurzeln dieser Darstellung. Sie baut jüngere Forschungsansätze zur hellenistischen Datierung der hebräischen Estererzählung aus und verortet diese im soziopolitischen Kontext der Hasmonäerzeit (2. Jh. v.u.Z.). Mit einem Vergleich der hebräischen Textfassung mit den beiden griechischen Esterbüchern bietet sie einen Einblick in einen dynamischen Gewaltdiskurs der hellenistisch-römischen Literatur und zeigt zugleich auf, dass die Estererzählungen mit ihren Gewaltdarstellungen in konkrete historische Situationen hineinsprechen. The Book of Esther tells the story of a plot to exterminate the Persian Jews and their great struggle against their enemies. This study locates these portrayals of violence in the Hellenistic epoch, in the Hasmonean period (second century BCE). It compares the Hebrew text with the two Greek Books of Esther, thus providing insights into a dynamic discourse of violence in Hellenistic and Roman literature.

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Hasmoneans, Septuagint, Hellenistic Judaism.

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The Book of Ben Sira, written in Hebrew in the early second century BCE, is often regarded as containing the earliest references to the canon of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. In contrast, Alma Brodersen examines methodological and historical issues regarding the beginning of the biblical canon and Ben Sira, and demonstrates that the book itself - as distinct from the later Prologue to its Greek translation - does not actually refer to texts as canonical. In addition, a systematic analysis of key passages in Ben Sira 38-39 and 44-50 in Hebrew and Greek uncovers similarities with other ancient texts which are not canonical today but preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Far from proving the existence of the biblical canon in his day, Ben Sira's book indicates instead the importance of oral teaching and the relevance of a wide range of traditions.

Bible. --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Canon --- Kanon --- Religion --- Hebrew Bible --- Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament --- Religion / Biblical Studies

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Bible. --- Biography. --- Bible --- Biography --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento

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Bible. --- Theology --- History --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento

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Drawing on case-studies from the first millennium BCE, this volume explores canonisation as a form of cultural formation. The book asks why and how canonisation works and thereby investigates the importance of the concept of anchoring to arrive at innovation in particular. Canonisation is fundamental to the sustainability of cultures. This volume is meant as a (theoretical) exploration of the process, taking Eurasian societies from roughly the first millennium BCE (Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Egyptian, Jewish and Roman) as case studies. It focuses on canonisation as a form of cultural formation, asking why and how canonisation works in this particular way and explaining the importance of the first millennium BCE for these question and vice versa. As a result of this focus, notions like anchoring, cultural memory, embedding and innovation play an important role throughout the book.

Authors, Texts, Literature --- Biblical Studies --- Classical Studies --- Greek & Latin Literature --- Hebrew Bible --- Ancient Near East and Egypt. --- Civilization, Ancient. --- History, Ancient. --- Collective memory. --- Literature, Ancient --- Canon (Literature) --- History and criticism. --- History