On human nature in early Judaism
Subtitle: creation, composition, and condition
By: Jeffrey Paul García
Series: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements -- Volume 34; Journal of ancient Judaism -- v. 34.
Publisher: Brill, Ferdinand Schöningh
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Paderborn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9783506704863
Subjects: Human beings; Judaism; Theological anthropology; History; Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Description: "This book is an analysis of early Jewish thought on human nature, specifically, the complex of characteristics that are understood to be universally innate, and/or God-given, to collective humanity and the manner which they depict human existence in relationship, or lack thereof, to God. Jewish discourse in the Greco-Roman period (4th c. BCE until 1st c. CE) on human nature was not exclusively particularistic, although the immediate concern was often communal-specific. Evidence shows that many of these discussions were also an attempt to grasp a general, or universal, human nature. The focus of this work has been narrowed to three categories that encapsulate the most prevalent themes in Second Temple Jewish texts, namely, creation, composition, and condition. "--
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [284]-314) and indexes.