EXC 2060 A3-17 - Transcultural Entanglement and Disentanglement in Jewish Apocalypticism
- Period
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- Status
- Ongoing
- Project Number
- EXC 2060/1
Description
The aim of this project is to chart and interpret the relationship of Jewish apocalypticism with Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman texts and traditions, and thus to present a careful analysis of the transcultural entanglement and disentanglement of early Jewish apocalypses (between c. 300 BCE and c. 150 CE). On the one hand, comparable narrative and hermeneutic motifs, structures, and literary strategies in both Jewish apocalypses and neighbouring literatures will be charted and assessed. On the other hand, it will be asked in what ways, if any, the apocalypses present themselves as a transcultural phenomenon. The project will be run as a cooperation project with the Bible Department / Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Professor Michael Segal). It features also a Digital Humanities component: a digital edition of a central Jewish apocalypse, 4 Ezra. Persons
Professor Dr. Lutz DoeringCluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Johannisstr. 1, room IJD, Wilmergasse 1, Raum 2
48143 Münster
T: + 49 251 83-22562
F: +49 251 83-22565
lutz.doering@uni-muenster.deapProf.Dr. Konrad Martin Heide, M.A.Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Johannisstr. 1,
48143 MünsterFlorian Neitmann, Mag. Theol.Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Johannisstr. 1, room Domplatz 6-7, Raum 104
48143 Münster
T: +49 251 83-23268
florian.neitmann@uni-muenster.de
Dissertations
Doctoral Thesis
Law and Judgement in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch
- Supervisor
The dissertation investigates the concept of Law in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in a transcultural perspective. According to these Jewish apocalypses, judgement will be held on all humans according to their obedience or disobedience to "the law". This raises the central question of the study: What is meant by "the law"?An answer is sought through exegetical analysis of 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch in their different versions. The backgrounds of the concepts of Law in these two apocalypses are further elucidated from their context by comparison to other, Jewish and non-Jewish sources. This comparative analysis focuses on universalist concepts of law which are expressed in sapiential texts from Ancient Near East and in Graeco-Roman philosophy, as in the idea of a natural law grounded in reason.The study contributes to viewing Jewish apocalypticism within its transcultural entanglements and disentanglements and to determining the relationship between universalism and particularism in Ancient Jewish thought.