On Human Nature in Early Judaism
Creation, Composition, and Condition
By (author) Jeffrey P. GarcÃa
Hardback (Published)
(November 2020)
ISBN: 9783506704863
6.1 x 9.25 inches
Price: $145.00
In stock
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. GarcÃa
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