Teaching Morality in Antiquity (eBook)

Wisdom Texts, Oral Traditions, and Images

Takayoshi M. Oshima, Susanne Kohlhaas (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
314 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-156481-9 (ISBN)

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The eighteen articles collected in this volume are the results of the international workshop, 'Teaching Morality in Antiquity: Wisdom Texts, Oral Traditions, and Images,' held at the Bibliotheca Albertina of the University of Leipzig between November 29th and December 1st, 2016 with the financial support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. During the workshop, fruitful discussions on diverse issues related to the theme 'wisdom texts and morality' developed regarding biblical wisdom texts and their parallels from the ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, and the ancient Levant - more specifically: moral messages and rhetoric in wisdom texts; the dissemination of wisdom teachings; teachings about the divine realm as the core of moral principles or human social order; visualization of divine authority; questions of theodicy; and modern analyses of ancient morality through the eyes of cognitive science.

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Cover 1
Titel 4
Preface???????????????????????????? 6
Table of Contents 8
I: Wisdom and Gods as the Foundation of Morality in Ancient World???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 12
JAN DIETRICH: Wisdom in the Cultures of the Ancient World: A General Introduction and Comparison?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
JAN ASSMANN: Tugenden und Pflichten nach altägyptischen Morallehren???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 30
II: Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom Texts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 50
YORAM COHEN: Why “Wisdom”? Copying, Studying, and Collecting Wisdom Literature in the Cuneiform World???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 52
ALAN LENZI: “Counsels of Wisdom” as “White-Collar” Wisdom in First Millennium Ancient Mesopotamia???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 71
HERBERT NIEHR: Weisheit in den Königsepen aus Ugarit?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 81
III: Comparative Studies of Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom Texts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 104
NOGA AYALI-DARSHAN: “Do not Open your Heart to Your Wife or Servant” (Khasheshonqy 13:17): A West-Asiatic Antecedent and its Relation to Later Wisdom Instructions?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 106
DANIEL BODI: Two Animal Proverbs in Ahiqar and in Aesop on Human Relationships: Mercilessness and Sharing???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 115
ENRIQUE JIMÉNEZ: An Almost Irresistible Target: Parodying the Theodicy in Babylonian Literature???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 135
IV: Moral Teaching in the Book of Job???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 146
EDWARD L. GREENSTEIN: Proverbs and Popular Sayings, Real or Invented, in the Book of Job?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 148
DOMINICK S. HERNÁNDEZ: The Expression of Moral Judgments through Imagery in Job and Ancient Near Eastern Literature???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 161
LUDGER SCHWIENHORST-SCHÖNBERGER: „Jetzt aber hat mein Auge dich geschaut“ (Ijob 42,5): Gibt es im Ijobbuch eine Lösung des Problems auf der Ebene des Bewusstseins????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 175
V: Questions of Theodicy in the Ancient Near Eastern World?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 184
ALEXANDRA VON LIEVEN: „Ich habe nicht befohlen, dass sie Unrecht tun“: Das Theodizee-Problem im Alten Ägypten???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 186
THOMAS KRÜGER: Morality and Religion in Three Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 193
T.M. OSHIMA: When the Godless Thrives and a Wolf Grows Fat: Explaining the Prosperity of the Impious in Ancient Mesopotamian Wisdom Texts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 200
VI: Visual Demonstration of Divine Authority?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 228
IZAK CORNELIUS: Communicating Divine Order and Authority: The Stela of Hammurapi of Babylon???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 230
JUDITH E. FILITZ: At the Threshold of Ritual and Theater: Another Means on Looking at a Mesopotamian Ritual???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 244
VII: Ancient Morality through the Perspective of Cognitive Science?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 262
YITZHAQ FEDER: Morality Without Gods?: Retribution and the Foundations of the Moral Order in the Ancient Near East?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 264
KAROLINA PROCHOWNIK: Gods and Goodness by the Rivers of Babylon: A Cognitive Scientific Approach to Ancient Mesopotamian Moral Theology???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 276
Index of Cited and Quoted Ancient Texts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 300
Index of Personal Names???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 305
Index of Divine Names???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 308
Index of Place and Temple Names???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 309
Subject Index???????????????????????????????????????? 311

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-10: 3-16-156481-2 / 3161564812
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-156481-9 / 9783161564819