The Meanings of tôrâ in 4 Ezra
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2007
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The Meanings of tôrâ in 4 Ezra
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Journal for the Study of Judaism
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38
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4-5
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530-552
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Tôrâ, rendered as "the law" in the extant versions, is a central theme of 4 Ezra. The author of 4 Ezra had a much broader concept of tôrâ than simply the Mosaic law. While for Ezra it is bound up with the covenant, in Uriel's speeches, tôrâ is a highly abstract concept associated with wisdom, the natural order, and "the way of the Most High." Understanding the term tôrâ broadly as divine "instruction," the author of 4 Ezra extends it to all of Scripture and by implication to the seventy additional books revealed to Ezra in the epilogue.
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/jsj/2007/00000038/F0020004/art00003
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17/12/2007
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12 081