Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity 13 Recasting Moses The Memory of Moses in Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives in Ancient Judaism and 4th-Century Christianity Bearbeitet von Finn Damgaard 1. Auflage 2013. Buch. XII, 264 S. Hardcover ISBN 978 3 631 63142 3 Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23 cm Gewicht: 550 g Weitere Fachgebiete > Religion > Bibelwissenschaften schnell und portofrei erhältlich bei Die Online-Fachbuchhandlung beck-shop.de ist spezialisiert auf Fachbücher, insbesondere Recht, Steuern und Wirtschaft. Im Sortiment finden Sie alle Medien (Bücher, Zeitschriften, CDs, ebooks, etc.) aller Verlage. Ergänzt wird das Programm durch Services wie Neuerscheinungsdienst oder Zusammenstellungen von Büchern zu Sonderpreisen. Der Shop führt mehr als 8 Millionen Produkte.
Table of contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1. A culture of imitation 1 1.2. Biographical narratives 2 1.3. Moses as a figure of memory in 1 st -century Judaism and 4 th -century Christianity 4 1.4. Collective memory 10 1.5. Social identity and master commemorative narrative 13 1.6. Cultural memory and intertextuality 15 1.7. Outline of chapters 17 Part I 2. The Greek Moses: The Biblical figure of Moses in the Septuagint 25 2.1. Introduction 25 2.2. General principles of translation 27 2.3. Moses in translation: Characteristics of the Septuagint Moses narratives and their impact on the portrait of the figure of Moses 30 2.3.1. Moses in translation 30 2.3.1.1. Jewishness 30 2.3.1.2. A non-divine Moses 32 2.3.1.3. The character of Moses 33 2.3.1.4. Brotherhood 36 2.3.1.5. The characteristics of the Septuagint figure of Moses 38 2.3.2. God in translation 38 2.3.2.1. The notion of seeing God 38 2.3.2.2. Meeting God and the question of an anti-anthropomorphic tendency 40 2.3.2.3. God s name and the monotheistic concern 42 2.4. Conclusion: The figure of Moses in light of the Septuagint portrait of God 44 Part II 3. An imagined Jewish community: Philo s De Vita Mosis 49 3.1. Introduction 49 3.2. Previous research on the literary character of De Vita Mosis as a βίος 51 3.3. The first digression (Mos. 1.18 33): A cultural Exodus 53 3.3.1. At the king s court: Jewish vs. Egyptian culture 55 3.3.2. Moses education and the theft of philosophy argument 56 3.3.3. Moses went out to his brothers (Exod 2:11) 58 3.4. Moses the shepherd: On allegorical interpretation and the division of the De Vita Mosis 63 3.5. A political Exodus: On citizenship in Philo s Alexandria 68 3.6. The second digression (Mos. 1.148 162): Translating Greek culture into Judaism 74
X Table of contents 3.6.1. Moses as a philosopher-king 75 3.6.2. Moses as cosmopolitan 80 3.7. A spiritual Exodus: The goal of Moses ἀποικία 82 3.8. Conclusion: The vision of Philo s imagined community 84 4. The memory of Moses in Paul s autobiographical references: The figures of Moses in the letters of Paul 89 4.1. Introduction 89 4.2. Moses and the Corinthian correspondence 90 4.2.1. Previous research on Paul s use of the figure of Moses in the Corinthian correspondence 90 4.2.2. Written down for our instruction (1 Corinthians 10:11) 93 4.2.2.1. Introduction to 1 Corinthians 93 4.2.2.2. The context: 1 Corinthians 8:1 11:1 93 4.2.2.3. Situational similarity 95 4.2.2.4. The Corinthian community and Israel: 1 Corinthians 10:1 11 97 4.2.2.5. Conclusion 102 4.2.3. Not like Moses (2 Corinthians 3:13) 103 4.2.3.1. Introduction to 2 Corinthians 2:14 7:4 103 4.2.3.2. The question of Paul s sufficiency 104 4.2.3.3. The comparison with Moses 107 4.2.3.4. Conclusion 111 4.3. For the sake of my own people (Romans 9:3) 112 4.3.1. Previous research on Paul s use of the figure of Moses in the letter to the Romans 112 4.3.2. Introduction to Romans 9 11 113 4.3.3. Moses and Paul on the restoration of Israel 114 4.3.4. Moses and the righteousness from faith 117 4.3.5. Excursus: The figure of Moses in Galatians 119 4.3.6. The use of Deuteronomy LXX 32 in Romans 9 11 120 4.3.7. Conclusion 122 4.4. Conclusion: Not like Moses or like Moses? Paul miscellaneous uses of the figure of Moses 122 5. Generalship in the midst of seditions: The relationship between the figure of Moses in the Jewish Antiquities and Josephus own self-portraits in his autobiographical writings 125 5.1. Introduction 125 5.2. Previous research on parallels between the Biblical figures in the Jewish Antiquities and Josephus self-portraits 126 5.3. Introduction to the Jewish Antiquities 128 5.4. Becoming a Hebrew general 131 5.4.1. The Egyptian general 131 5.4.2. Moses and Hebrew factionalism 135 5.5. The self-portraits 139
Table of contents XI 5.5.1. Josephus as a general in the Jewish War 139 5.5.2. Recapitulating the self-portrait: Josephus as a general in the Life 142 5.6. Conclusion: Josephus as a member of the Jewish commemorative narratives 145 Part III 6. Constructing a Christian dynasty: The figure of Moses in Eusebius Vita Constantini 153 6.1. Introduction 153 6.2. Previous research on Eusebius use of the figure of Moses in the Vita Constantini 154 6.3. The aim and structure of the Vita Constantini 157 6.4. The figure of Moses in Constantine s own political propaganda 161 6.5. Playing Constantine s game 163 6.5.1. The origin of the Moses parallel in the Historia Ecclesiastica 163 6.5.2. Encomiastic features in the Moses parallels in the Vita Constantini 166 6.6. Constructing a Christian dynasty 172 6.7. Conclusion: The New Moses 177 7. Remembering Basil: The rhetorical use of the figure of Moses in the two Gregories encomium on Basil and in Gregory of Nazianzus other orations and autobiographical poems 183 7.1. Introduction 183 7.2. Previous research on the use of Moses in the encomia on Basil 185 7.3. The two Gregories use of the encomium genre in their orations on Basil 187 7.4. The figure of Moses in Gregory of Nyssa s encomium on Basil 189 7.4.1. Basil among the Biblical figures 189 7.4.2. The Moses σύγκρισις 190 7.4.3. The exhortation to μίμησις 193 7.4.4. Commemorating Basil as a possible self for the community 199 7.5. The figure of Moses in Gregory of Nazianzus encomium on Basil 201 7.5.1. Moses and Aaron 201 7.6. The figure of Moses in Gregory of Nazianzus other orations and in his autobiographical poems 206 7.6.1. Only one like Moses can bear the glory of God (or. 2.92) 206 7.6.2. Penetrating the cloud 208 7.6.3. Speaking alone with the alone 212 7.6.4. The figure of Moses and Gregory senior 215 7.7. Conclusion: The figure of Moses and Christian identity 217 8. Conclusion 221 8.1. The appearance of the political Moses in the Christian biographical tradition 221
XII Table of contents 8.2. The revival of the memories of Moses between unity and factionalism 224 9. Summary 229 10. Bibliography 233 10.1. Ancient sources: Texts, editions, translations 233 10.2. Secondary literature consulted 241 11. Appendix 263