On Human Nature in Early Judaism

Creation, Composition, and Condition

By (author) Jeffrey P. García

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Extent: 363 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements

Series volume number: 34

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2020)

ISBN: 9783506704863

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $145.00

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This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God.Jewish discourse in the Greco-Roman period (4th c. BCE until 1st c. CE) on human nature was not exclusively particularistic, although the immediate concern was often communal-specific. Evidence shows that many of these discussions were also an attempt to grasp a general, or universal, human nature. The focus of this work has been narrowed to three categories that encapsulate the most prevalent themes in Second Temple Jewish texts, namely, creation, composition, and condition.

  • By (author) Jeffrey P. García