TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitz, Barbara T1 - King and God : conceptions of rule and God in 3 Maccabees T2 - Figures who shape scriptures, scriptures that shape figures N2 - In 3 Maccabees, kingship as a form of rule is addressed on two levels: On the political level the question about a good king is addressed against the background of Hellenistic understandings of kingship, using the example of Ptolemy IV Philopator. This king is portrayed at the beginning of 3 Maccabees as a successful, positive, Hellenistic ruler, but one whose good rule goes off the rails. This analysis of the ideal of Hellenistic rule (cf. 3 Macc. 3:12-29; 6:24-28; 7:1-9) is then taken to a theological level: the God of Israel is portrayed as the true good king, the Soter who saves his people in their time of greatest trial (6:29, 32; 7:16). By these means the many divine epithets that are a striking feature of 3 Maccabees are incorporated into the narrative (cf. 2:2-3). Thereby 3 Maccabees not only thematises the conflict with a Hellenistic king who exploits his power in diverse ways but also focuses in a concentrated way the notion of a good (Hellenistic) king into the notion of God as king and ruler. KW - Maccabees KW - Hellenistic kingship KW - Xenophon KW - Cyropaidia KW - Isocrates KW - God in 3 Macc Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-205149 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitz, Barbara T1 - Aspects of Worship in the Letter of Aristeas T2 - Various Aspects of Worship in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature N2 - Although the Letter of Aristeas mentions the translation of the Jewish nomos into Greek, it is striking that worship is not a fundamental theme of this writing. Nevertheless, six passages present acts of worship, which recount worship from different perspectives: Aristeas prays to God and explains his “Greek” idea of worship (Let. Aris. 17), whereas in Let. Aris. 132-140 the high priest explains the Jewish concept of worship. Sacrifices and prayers at the temple in Jerusalem for the Ptolemaic royal house are told in Let. Aris. 45, while at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria one of the Jewish scholars prays at the beginning of the symposium (Let. Aris. 184-186). Then the daily prayer of the Jewish scholars are recounted in Let. Aris. 305-306 and finally the Ptolemaic king performs a proskynesis before the law at the end of the letter and thereby accepts the translation (Let. Aris. 317). KW - Aristeas KW - Letter of Aristeas KW - worship KW - proskynesis Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-205150 VL - 2016/2017 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitz, Barbara T1 - Space, Borders and Boundaries in the Letter of Aristeas T2 - Borders : Terminologies, Ideologies, and Performances N2 - No abstract available. KW - Aristeas KW - Ad Philocratem KW - Aristeas-Brief KW - Letter of Aristeas KW - Aristeas, Epistolographus : Ad Philocratem Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-151285 UR - https://www.mohr.de/en/book/borders-terminologies-ideologies-and-performances-9783161543760 SN - 978-3-16-154375-3 PB - Mohr Siebeck CY - Tübingen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitz, Barbara T1 - Tradition und (Er)Neuerung. Die Rede von Gott in jüdisch-hellenistischer Literatur JF - Theologische Literaturzeitung N2 - God as King is one of the metaphors that have been handed down in the biblical literature for centuries. In the Hellen­istic period talk about God as king again undergoes a change that is the conse-quence of the Hellenistic kingdom as it evolved in its specific form after the death of Alexander. The conceptual implications of the Hellenistic kingdom for talk about God is shown by reference to the epithets: the king as ἐπιφανής (»Epiphanes«), as σωτήρ (»Savior«), as εὐεργέτης (»benefactor«) and as κτίστης (»Founder«). How those epithets have affected talk of God as king is demonstrated by reference to the original Greek writings of the LXX and connected with the question of God as παντοκράτωρ (»pantocrator«). KW - Gott KW - Hellenistisch-jüdische Literatur Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-151292 UR - http://www.thlz.com/artikel/18775/ VL - 141 IS - 7/8 ER - TY - THES A1 - Frank, Annemarie T1 - Bakbuk, Bukki, Barsillai - Das Esra/Nehemia-Buch und seine Personennamen. Felder und Probleme der Forschung T1 - Bakbuk, Bukki, Barsillai - The book of Ezra/Nehemiah and it´s personal names. Fields and problems of research N2 - Diese Lizentiatsarbeit stellt eine Forschungsgeschichte als Vorarbeit zu einer Dissertation über die Personennamen im Esra/Nehemia-Buch dar. Die Darstellung besteht aus zwei Teilen, einem zu den wesentlichen Fragestellungen in der Erforschung des Esra/Nehemia-Buches und einem zur hebräischen Onomastik. N2 - This is a history of research for a doctoral dissertation about the personal names in Ezra-Nehemiah. It consists of two parts, one to the essential questions in the investigation of the Ezra-Nehemiah-book and one to Hebrew onomastics. KW - Bibel KW - Bibel KW - Personenname KW - Namenkunde KW - Chronistisches Geschichtswerk KW - hebräisch KW - Serubbabel KW - Perserzeit Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-141970 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lange, Lydia ED - Gärtner, Judith ED - Schmitz, Barbara T1 - Die Rezeption des Exodusbuches in der LXX- und Vg-Fassung der Juditerzählung. Ein Vergleich T2 - Exodus. Rezeption in deuterokanonischer und frühjüdischer Literatur N2 - No abstract available. KW - Bibel. Exodus KW - Rezeption KW - Bibel. Judit KW - Vulgata KW - Septuaginta Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148972 SP - 159 EP - 186 PB - de Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Pfeilschifter, Rene A1 - Lauth, Hans-Joachim A1 - Fischer, Doris A1 - Rothfuß, Eberhard A1 - Schachner, Andreas A1 - Schmitz, Barbara A1 - Werthmann, Katja T1 - Local Self-Governance in the Context of Weak Statehood in Antiquity and the Modern Era. A Program for a Fresh Perspective N2 - The nucleus of statehood is situated at the local level: in the village, the neighborhood, the city district. This is where a community, beyond the level of the family, first develops collective rules that are intended to ensure its continued existence. But usually this is not the only level of governance at play. Above it, there are supralocal formations of power, varying in scope from regional networks to empires, which supplement the local orders or compete with them. The premise of this Research Unit is that local forms of self-governance are especially heterogeneous and prominent, wherever supralocal statehood exists in the mode of weak permeation. The central question of our approach is how local forms of self-governance work in this context. We will examine the relations to the state level as well as to other local groups as they develop over time; the scope and spatial contingency of forms of self-governance; their legitimization and the interdependency with the organization and collective identity of those groups which carry them out; finally, we will turn our attention to the significance of self-governance for the configuration of weak statehood. The empirical focus will be at the local level, which has so far been largely neglected in the research on governance beyond the state. In order to achieve this, we will work with case studies that are structured by categories and situated in geographical areas and time periods that lie outside of modern Europe with its particular development of statehood since the Late Middle Ages: in Antiquity, and in the Global South of the present. By incorporating these different time frames, we hope to contribute to overcoming the dichotomy between the modern and pre-modern era, which is often given canonical status. Our goal is to create a comparative analysis of different configurations of order as well as the development of a typology of patterns of local governance. The structure of the empirical comparison itself promises methodological insights, since it will entail recognizing, dealing with, and overcoming disciplinary limitations. Starting with the identification of typical patterns and processes, we hope to gain a better grasp of the mechanisms by which local configurations of order succeed, while at the same time advancing the theoretical debate. This will allow us to make an interdisciplinary contribution to the understanding of fundamental elements of statehood and local governance that are of central importance, especially in the context of weak statehood. The insights we hope to gain by adopting this historical perspective will contribute to understanding a present that is not based exclusively on its own, seemingly completely new preconditions, and will thus significantly sharpen the political analysis of various forms of governance. T2 - Lokale Selbstregelungen im Kontext schwacher Staatlichkeit in Antike und Moderne. Ein Forschungsprogramm für einen Perspektivwechsel T3 - LoSAM Working Papers - 1(eng) KW - Begrenzte Staatlichkeit KW - Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft KW - Altertum KW - Geschichte KW - Moderne KW - Global South KW - weak statehood KW - local self-governance KW - interdisciplinarity Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-207371 SN - 2698-2684 N1 - Die deutsche Fassung dieses Working Papers ist unter https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-19347 verfügbar. ET - English Edition ER - TY - THES A1 - Onyenali, Rowland T1 - The Trilogy of Parables in Mt 21:28-22:14 from a Matthean Perspective T1 - Die Gleichnistrilogie im Mt 21,28-22,14 im Kontext des Mt-Evangeliums N2 - The parables of Jesus have undergone different transmutations in the long history of their transmission. The events surrounding his death and resurrection as well as the new situations his followers were confronted with after these events, led to the parables being given new accentuation according to the needs of the reflecting community. This is evident in Matthew's treatment of the parable trilogy of Mt 21:28-22:14. The work tries to show how Matthew has used the dominical parables and sayings found in his tradition to serve the needs of his community, especially in her struggles with the official Jewish leaders of his time. Through these parables, which he presented as a three-pronged attack against the Jewish leaders, he shows his community as the true Israel, called to produce the fruits of righteousness. N2 - Die Gleichnisse Jesu haben verschiedene Wandlungen in der langen Geschichte ihrer Überlieferung unterzogen. Die Ereignisse rund um seinen Tod und seine Auferstehung sowie die neuen Situationen, mit denen seine Jünger nach diesen Ereignissen konfrontiert wurden, führte dazu, dass die Gleichnisse neue Akzentuierung bekammen. Dies ist evident von der Gleichnistrilogie im Matthäus Mt 21,28-22,14. Die Arbeit versucht zu zeigen, wie Matthäus die Jesuanische Gleichnisse und Sprüche, die er in seiner Tradition gefunden hat verwendet, um die Bedürfnisse seiner Gemeinde zu dienen, besonders in den Ausseinandersetzungen mit den jüdischen Autoritäten seiner Zeit. Durch diesen Gleichnissen, die er als einen dreifachen Angriff gegen den jüdischen Autoritäten umdeutet, zeigt er seine Gemeinde als das wahre Israel, aufgerufen, um die Früchte der Gerechtigkeit zu bringen. KW - Matthäusevangelium 21 KW - 28-22 KW - 14 KW - Matthew KW - Parables KW - Jewish leaders Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-74971 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ezeani, Innocent Emezie T1 - The Apologetic revisited: Exonerating Luke from an Ancestral Exegetical and Theological Burden T1 - Die Apologetik hinterfragt: Der Versuch einer Befreiung Lukas von exegetischer und theologischer Last N2 - The trend in the scholarship of Luke has been that of presenting Luke as a theologian interested in the survival of Christianity in the Roman world. Becuase of this aim, he seems to overlook the wrongdoings of the Powerful in his time inorder not to endanger the peace of Christianity. However, the intention of this work is to show the defiance and fearlessness of Luke in his dealings with the Rich and the Powerful. He never compromised with the basic teachings of Christianity. A second proper look opens the critical dynamics of his Gospel and the acts, beginning with the Magnificat running through the angelic annunciation scene and the temptation and ending with the punishment of Herod Agrippa in the Acts. The reader beholds a hitherto unknown Luke, who operates within a particular critical stance to the Powerful. N2 - Die bisherige Beschäftigung mit den Schriften des Evangelisten Lukas folgt einem gewissen Trend, der darauf hinaus läuft, dass Lukas eine Apologetik betrieben hatte, um dem Christentum ein Überleben in der damaligen Römischen Welt zu sichern. Da drückt er hin und wieder ein Auge zu, wenn es darum geht, das Vergehen der Regierenden zu dokumentieren. Die Dissertation geht einen anderen Weg: Lukas betreibt nicht unbedingt eine Politik der Appeasement, sondern findet immer wieder deutliche Worte in seinen Schriften, die ihn eigentlich gefährdet, angefangen in dem Magnificat durch die Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu durch den Engel, dessen Höhepunkt in der göttlichen Bestrafung des Herodes (Agrippa)ersichtlich wird. Der Leser staunt und fängt langsam an, sich selbst ein Bild von diesem Evangelisten zu machen, der bis jetzt zu Unrecht nur im Rahmen der Apologetik betrachtet wurde. KW - Apologetik KW - Lukasevangelium KW - Herrschaft KW - Kritik KW - Herrschaftskritik KW - Macht KW - Ausbeutung KW - Theologie des Appeasement KW - Dienst KW - Diener KW - Apologetic KW - Criticism of Power KW - Power KW - Extortion Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-57476 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ntsama, Jean-Parfait T1 - L’exclusion des Paîens et la Dimension universelle du Salut dans l’Évangile de Matthieu T1 - Der Ausschluß der Heiden und die Universalität des Heiles im Matthäusevangelium N2 - Qu’est-ce qui compte dans l’évangile de Matthieu: les disciples de Jésus doivent-ils tenir aux recommandations de leur maître qui, dans le cadre du discours d’envoi en mission leur interdit strictement de prendre le chemin des païens et d’entrer dans une ville de Samaritains et qui limite par contre leur mission uniquement «aux brebis perdues de la maison d’Israël» (Mt 10,5f) ou alors doivent-ils suivre l’invitation du Jésus ressuscité qui les envoie dans «le monde entier», c’est-à-dire leur ordonne de «faire de toutes les nations des disciples et de les baptiser» (Mt 28,19)? Ces deux ordres de mission de Jésus qui, à première vue s’excluent mutuellement, constituent le cadre de notre dissertation intitulée: L’exclusion des Païens et la Dimension universelle du Salut dans l’Évangile de Matthieu. La thématique ainsi formulée est très alléchant. Il n’ y a qu’à considérer l’état de la recherche que nous avions fait pour découvrir l’intérêt que les chercheurs porte sur cette problématique. Dans notre essai de solution, nous avons choisi d’analyser de manière détaillée un éventail de textes du premier évangile que sont: Les femmes non-juives dans la généalogie de Matthieu (Mt 1,1-17); les mages devant le roi des Juifs (Mt 2,1-12); l’aire géographique de l’activité de Jésus (Mt 4,23-25); le centurion de Capharnaüm (Mt 8,5-13); la concentration de la mission sur Israël (Mt 10,5f); la femme cananéenne (Mt 15,21-28); la prophétie de la proclamation universelle de l’évangile (Mt 24,14); la femme de Pilate (Mt 27,19) ainsi l’ordre de mission universelle auprès des nations (Mt 28,16-20). A l’issue de cette analyse, nous sommes aboutis aux résultats selon lesquels les Païens se trouvent non seulement depuis le commencement dans l’horizon de l’activité de Jésus, mais encore ils sont présentés comme des figures paradigmatiques dans l’évangile de Matthieu, comme nous pouvons le voir clairement dans la péricope de mages, le centurion païen de Capharnaüm ainsi que la femme cananéenne. Ensuite nous avons différencié les deux concepts de mission dans l’évangile de Matthieu sous la terminologie de «petite» et «grande mission» qui correspondent en fait à la différence entre le Jésus terrestre et le Jésus ressuscité. Le dernier diffère du premier par « l’autorité au ciel et sur la terre» que Dieu procure. Enfin, nous avons avec grand intérêt essayé de classifier les différentes positions de la communauté matthéenne par rapport à la question de la mission auprès des Païens. C’est ainsi que nous avons distingué trois directions: (1) La position intermédiaire reste ouverte aux Païens, mais n’exerce de manière active aucune activité missionnaire auprès de ces derniers, l’initiative devant venir plutôt des Païens eux-mêmes. Les péricopes telles que Mt 2,1-12; 8,5-13 et 15,21-28 reflètent sans conteste ce modèle. (2) La position radicale est hostile à l’accueil des Païens dans la communauté. Les partisans de cette position se réfèrent à Mt 10,5f et Mt 15,24. (3) La position libérale soutient par contre une politique offensive: il ne suffit pas, d’après le modèle du pèlerinage eschatologique des peuples, d’attendre la venue des Païens, c’est plutôt la communauté matthéenne qui devrait prendre l’initiative d’aller vers eux (Mt 28,16-20). Ces trois positions reflètent en fait une communauté matthéenne en discussion. Aussi avons nous vu en définitive que la tension entre le particularisme et l’universalisme relève d’un apophtegme du milieu sociologique dans lequel est enracinée la communauté de Matthieu. N2 - No abstract available KW - Matthäusevangelium KW - Heidentum KW - Universalismus KW - Heiden KW - Heil KW - Universalismus KW - Gospel of Matthew KW - universalism KW - Paganism Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-51925 ER -