The Hermeneutics of Divine Testing

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Cosmic Trials and Biblical Interpretation in the Epistle of James and Other Jewish Literature

Nicholas Ellis(Autor*in)

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Erschienen im Juni 2015

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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: The Problem of Probation in the Epistle of James and Other Jewish Literature
Chapter 1: The Epistle of James and the Discourse of Probation
1.1. The Semantics of Probation in James
1.1.1. The Semantics of Probation
1.1.2. The Exegesis of Probation
1.1.3. Summary of the Problem of Probation
1.2. History of Scholarship
1.2.1. James and the History of the Semantics of Probation
1.2.2. Probation and Biblical Hermeneutics
1.3. The Problem with the Semantics in Jas 1:2-14
1.3.1. The Problem of Semantic Controls
1.3.2. The Value of Semantic Ambiguity for Author and Reader
1.4. A Way Forward: Cosmic Drama and Biblical Hermeneutics
1.4.1. The Metaphor of Cosmic Drama
1.4.2. Biblical Interpretation
1.4.3. Instantiations of Jewish Interpretation
Chapter 2: Comparative Methodology and Historical Models
2.1. The Debated Historical Situation of the Epistle of James
2.1.1. Historical Silence on the Epistle of James
2.1.2. James in Apostolic Conflict: The Legacy of 18th-19th Century Protestant Thought
2.1.3. James in Apostolic Communion
2.1.4. James and Popular Hellenistic Philosophy
2.1.5. Blurring the Boundary Lines
2.1.6. Conclusions on the Historical Analysis of James
2.2. Assessing Comparative Literature
2.2.1. Additional Considerations on Ancient Sources
2.3. Conclusions on a Methodology and a Structure for the Investigation
Chapter 3: Current Conversations in Jewish Cosmology
3.1. Heavenly Trials and Inversions of the Divine Courtroom
3.2. Debates on Jewish Anthropology
3.2.1. The Human Yetzer in the Old Testament
3.2.2. Translating Yetzer
3.2.3. Scholarly Debates on the Significance and Development of the Yetzer
Summary of Chapter 3
Part II: Divine Probation in Jewish Literature
Chapter 4: Rewritten Bible and Demonic Paradigms
4.1. The Book of Jubilees
4.1.1. God in the Courtroom
4.1.2. Satan as Prosecutor and the Demonic Paradigm
4.1.3. Human Weakness and Divine Intervention
4.1.4. Apotropaic Prayers in Jubilees
4.1.5. Summary of Theological Cosmology in Jubilees
4.1.6. Exegetical Solutions to Divine Probation in Jubilees
4.1.6.1. Words in Heaven at the Aqedah
4.1.6.2. God on Trial at the Aqedah
4.1.6.3. The Hermeneutic of the Aqedah in Jubilees
4.2. Further Examples from Rewritten Bible in Qumran
4.3. Conclusions to Rewritten Bible
Chapter 5: The Wisdom of Ben Sira and Human Ability
5.1. Probation and Divine Responsibility in Sirach
5.2. Ben Sira's Internalised Cosmology
5.2.1. Ben Sira and the Human Inclination
5.3. Ben Sira's Hermeneutic of Probation
5.3.1. Abraham's Unblemished Glory
5.3.2. Adam's Glory and the Image of God
5.3.3. Abraham the Law-Keeper
5.3.4. Abraham Tested, Faithful, and Unblemished
5.4. Conclusions to Sirach's Internalised Cosmology
Chapter 6: Philo and Hellenistic Philosophy
6.1. Cosmic Drama and the Problem of Evil In Philo
6.1.1. Defending God
6.1.2. The Role of Intermediaries in Philo's Cosmology
6.1.3. On the Suppression of Demonic Forces
6.2. Philo and the Anthropology of Probation
6.2.1. Human Nature and Base Desire
6.2.2. Ascent to the Divine Mind
6.2.3. Summary of Philo's Cosmology
6.3. Philo's Philosophical Hermeneutic
6.3.1. Philo's Hermeneutic of the Letter and Spirit
6.3.2. The Probation of Adam and Eve
6.3.3. The Probations of Abraham and the Patriarchs
6.3.4. Conclusion to Philo's Hermeneutic of Probation
Chapter 7: The Pseudo-Clementine Homilies
7.1. Probation within the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies
7.2. The Cosmic Drama of the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies
7.2.1. Demonic Cosmology and Subordinate Dualism
7.2.2. Demonic Anthropology
7.2.3. Summary of the Cosmic Drama of the Pseudo-Clementines
7.3. The Hermeneutic of Rejection
7.4. Conclusions to the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies
Chapter 8: Rabbinic Traditions and Demonic Anthropology
8.1. The Divine Council and the Rabbinic Courtroom
8.2. Satan and Demons as Cosmic Agents
8.3. The Evil Yetzer in Rabbinic Anthropology
8.3.1. The Single Yetzer and the School of R. Akiva
8.3.2. The Single Yetzer and the School of R. Ishmael
8.3.3. The Double Yetzer
Excursus 1: The Development of the Yetzer
8.3.4. The Yetzer as Cosmic Enemy
8.4. Rabbinic Hermeneutics of Probation
8.4.1. Kivyakhol Texts and Divine Intermediation
8.4.2. The Probations of Job and Abraham
8.5. Conclusions to the Rabbinic Literature
Excursus 2: Additional Diversity within Jewish Thought
Summary of Part II: Convergence and Divergence in Jewish Theological Cosmologies
Part III: A Hermeneutic of Probation in the Epistle of James
Chapter 9: A Theology of Probation in the Epistle of James
9.1. James and Divine Agency
9.1.1. The Law Court with Human and Divine Judges
9.1.2. Distinctions of Religious Loyalty
9.1.3. Humans Judging God's Character
9.1.4. Divine Acquittal
9.1.5. Conclusion to James' Theology of Probation
9.2. James and External Cosmic Agents
9.3. James and Anthropology
9.3.1. Primary Anthropological Passages in James
9.3.2. James' Anthropology: Scholarly Models
9.3.3. Reevaluating James' Anthropology
9.3.4. Human Desire as the Target of Satanic Attack
9.4. James and the Cosmic Drama of Probation
Chapter 10: The Epistle of James and a Hermeneutic of Testing
10.1. The First Temptation: The Creation in James 1:14-18
10.1.1. Exegesis of James 1:13-18
10.1.2. James 1:13-16 and its Surrounding Context
10.1.3. Jas 1:13-16 and the Protological Testing Narratives
10.1.4. Conclusion to the Protological Temptation
10.2. Tested Abraham
10.2.1. Genesis 15 and Genesis 22
10.2.2. The Piety of Abraham in Other Jewish Discourses
10.2.3. Traditional Problems with Abraham and the Aqedah
10.3. Patient Job
10.3.1. James, Job, and the Contemporary Exegetical Discourse
10.3.2. The Extra-Canonical Stories of Job
10.4. Abraham and Job as Interwoven Narratives
10.4.1. Job and Abraham as Parallel Figures
10.4.2. Was Job or Abraham the Greater Patriarch?
10.4.3. Abraham and Job within Assimilated Narratives
10.5. Two Examples of the 'Jobraham' Hermeneutic in Jewish Literature
10.5.1. The Testament of Abraham
10.5.2. The Testament of Job
10.6. Constructing 'Jobraham'
10.6.1. 'Jobraham' and the Hermeneutic of James
10.6.2. James and 'Jobraham'
10.6.3. Additional Considerations from Broader Discourses
Conclusions
James and Anthropology: The Perfect Tested Man
James and Cosmology: The Perfect Tested God
James and the Semantics of Probation
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
A. Hebrew Bible and Septuagint
B. Apocryphal/Deutero-Canonical Books
C. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
D. Qumran
E. New Testament
F. Philo
G. Early Christian Texts
H. Other Early Jewish Texts
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

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