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This commentary examines 4 Maccabees as a contribution to the ongoing reformulation of Jewish identity and practice in the Greek-speaking Diaspora. It analyzes the Jewish author's interaction with, and facility in, Greek rhetorical conventions, ethical philosophy, and literary culture, giving attention also to his use and interpretation of texts and traditions from the Jewish Scriptures and other Hellenistic Jewish writings. The commentary exhibits the author's skillful weaving together of all these resources to create a text that interprets the Torah-observant life as the fullest embodiment of the best Greek ethical ideals. A distinctive feature is the examination of how the experience of reading 4 Maccabees in Codex Sinaiticus differs from the experience of reading the eclectic text.

Judaism --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Fourth Book of Maccabees --- Codex Sinaiticus (Biblical manuscript) --- Bible. --- 4 Maccabees (Apocryphal book) --- 4th Maccabees (Apocryphal book) --- Fourth Maccabees (Apocryphal book) --- IV Maccabees (Apocryphal book) --- Book of IV Maccabees --- De Machabais (Apocryphal book) --- De Maccabaeis (Apocryphal book) --- Flavii Iosephi De Maccabaeis --- Flavii Iosephi Peri autokratoros logismou --- Iōsēpos peri autokratoros logismou --- Peri autokratoros logismou --- Flavii Iosephi De imperio rationis --- 091:22 --- 091 <41 LONDON> --- 091 =75 --- 222.9 --- 091:22 Bijbels--(handschriften) --- Bijbels--(handschriften) --- 091 =75 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Grieks --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Grieks --- 091 <41 LONDON> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Makkabeeën --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology

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"Jewish anthropological beliefs during the Hellenistic-Roman period are an important but previously neglected area of biblical exegesis and Jewish studies. In an effort to address this deficiency, this volume brings together 20 essays related to the subject of sin and death, with special emphasis on integrating material from neighboring cultures. Thus, the volume provides an exemplary foundation for further research on ancient Jewish anthropology"--

Good and evil --- Death --- Greek literature, Hellenistic --- Egyptian literature --- Biblical teaching --- History and criticism --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.