Metaphern im 2. Makkabäerbuch
Updated by:
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes:
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Reference type:
Book section
year:
2015
Full title:
Metaphern im 2. Makkabäerbuch
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Yearbook 2014/2015: The Metaphorical Use of Language in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Series Title:
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Editor(s):
Markus Witte
Sven Behnke
Place of Publication:
Berlin\Munich\Boston
Publisher:
De Gruyter
Pages:
173-184
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
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.
Language:
German
Record reference:
URL:
http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/422048
Label:
20/04/2015
Record number:
100 231