{"product_id":"aspects-of-time-in-jewish-and-christian-exegesis","title":"Aspects of Time in Jewish and Christian Exegesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of articles investigates notions of time in ancient Jewish and Christian Bible interpretation, a genre which is not intrinsically connected with the calculation of time, but enters the debates about time as part of a broader negotiation of religious boundaries. An international team of researchers uncovers the dynamics of competing notions of time and the cultural embeddedness of each.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe following debates about diverging notions of time are discussed as test cases of constructing religious and exegetical boundaries: eternity of time as wholly other, conceived by Plato and reinterpreted by the Jewish exegete Philo; day one of the creation between ideal and measurable time, interpreted differently by Philo and Philoponus, a Christian exegete; cyclical time in the world conflagration as debated among pagan philosophers, Hellenistic and rabbinic Jews as well as Christian exegetes; the contrast between God’s timelessness and human embeddedness in measurable time as seen by Platonic and Christian authors; and finally, the conflict between messianic and historical time, which prompted lively encounters not only between Jews and Christians, but also among the various members of each group. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57427928416600,"sku":"9783112225974","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/aspects-of-time-in-jewish-and-christian-exegesis","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}