Full title
Metaphern im 2. Makkabäerbuch
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Research notes
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Reference type
Editor(s)
Markus Witte
Sven Behnke
Year
2015
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Yearbook 2014/2015: The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Series Title
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Publisher
De Gruyter
Place of Publication
Berlin\Munich\Boston
Pages
173-184
Work type
Language
Label
20/04/2015
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Abstract
The text of 2 Maccabees offers a rich language and its literary style shows parallels to Hellenistic historiography. Therefore it has often been compared to the work of Polybios. Interestingly, only a few examples of innovative metaphors can be found in the text. Among these the metaphors in 2 Macc 2:27–29 and 15:39 play a very important role: They help us to understand 2 Maccabees as an example of Jewish historiography that on the one hand vehemently turns against the Hellenisation of Judaism and on the other hand participates in the literary world of Hellenism.