Family relations and the economic-metaphysical message of Instruction
Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Veröffentlicht: |
2020
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Jahr: 2020, Band: 30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 87-100 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
4QInstruction
/ Familie
/ Metaphysik
/ 4Q416
/ Transaktion
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judentum HB Altes Testament |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Family Relations
B Economy B 4QInstruction B Qumran B Wisdom Literature |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Much of the sapiential treatise Instruction (=4QInstruction) can be read as a systematic attempt to support one basic ideological principle: Each person has a divinely assigned share, and every interaction that requires mixing that share with other agents is a breach of the metaphysical order. This idea was first formulated with regard to Instruction by Menahem Kister. In the present article, I apply this notion to the prologue (preserved in 4Q416 1) and to the sections on family relations (parents, wife) in 4Q416. These latter cases explore the financial relations within a family and align them with the overall principle of Instruction. The various sections highlight the person’s spirit as a commodity, intertwined with the life and capital of that person. The literary focus is on the phenomenology of the spirt, as it shifts during various transactions. The biblical allusions in these sections are explained along the same line of argument. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0951820720963469 |
