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In The Love of Neighbour in Ancient Judaism, Kengo Akiyama traces the development of the mainstay of early Jewish and Christian ethics: "Love your neighbour." Akiyama examines several Second Temple Jewish texts in great detail and demonstrates a diverse range of uses and applications that opposes a simplistic and evolutionary trajectory often associated with the development of the "greatest commandment" tradition. The monograph presents surprisingly complex interpretative developments in Second Temple Judaism uncovering just how early interpreters grappled with the questions of what it means to love and who should be considered as their neighbour.
Price: $152.00
Pages: 252
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
14 June 2018
ISBN: 9789004366879
Format: Hardcover
A.s Studie zur Rezeption des Gebots der Nächstenliebe im Frühjudentum zur Zeit des Zweiten Tempels und im Neuen Testament is schlüssig aufgebaut und liefert ein hilfreichen Überblick über die direkten Zitate von Lev 19.18 (bzw 19,33-34) in der Literatur dieses Zeitfensters. Damit leistet A einen nützlichen Beitrag zur Erhellung der Geschichte des Gebots der Nächstenliebe.
Thomas Hieke, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 2019
...Akiyama has produced a very helpful book because of his careful, detailed study of the grammar and literary contexts of the love commandments and their quotations.
James W. Watts, RBL 2019
Thomas Hieke, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 2019
...Akiyama has produced a very helpful book because of his careful, detailed study of the grammar and literary contexts of the love commandments and their quotations.
James W. Watts, RBL 2019
Kengo Akiyama, PhD (2015), University of Edinburgh, is Lecturer of Biblical Hebrew at the University of California, Davis. He has published various articles in leading journals on ancient Judaism.