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A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith
Dissertation (Magister Artium (Ancient Languages and Culture))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30325 A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith Swart, G.J. (Gerhardus Jacobus), 1955- larry1@tuks.co.za Van der Walt, Clarke Phillip Genre Grundlage Socio-historical context Text(ual) strategy Literary analysis Lxx esther Prayer texts Book of judith Form criticism Discourse analysis UCTD Dissertation (Magister Artium (Ancient Languages and Culture))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This study aims to point out the literary and socio-historical relationship between the prayers of Esther (Est.4.17.11-26 (Addition C) (14)) and Judith (Jdt.9). By making use of a literary analysis in terms of syntax, discourse structure, language, style, rhetorical figures, form and tradition, a comparison is made between the prayers to point out the literary agreements and differences. Subsequently an attempt is made to interpret the prayers against the social background(s) within which they originated. The events in the prayers are especially brought into relation with the Maccabaean era (168 BCE – 37 CE) with the purpose of determining how the authors of each prayer associated their own historical situation with the events of the Maccabaean crisis (168 BCE – 162/161 BCE). The characters that each of the authors introduces to the readers have a definite influence in the interpretation of Esther and Judith’s prayers. It is for this reason that the author, or at least what is learned about him through the text, and his interpretation of the events within his social situation, is investigated. A further investigation concentrates on the strategy that the authors used in terms of ‘genre’, contents and organization with the purpose of conveying their message to their readers. Further, an attempt is made to combine the results of this study with the intention of identifying the possible Grundlage, which may be the basic form of the prayers as they were accepted into the LXX. A hypothesis is also stated at the end of this study about how the Grundlage may have developed and which possible events throughout history could have played a role in the final form of Esther and Judith’s prayers, as accepted into the LXX. The theory of Moore (1982: 594) that the close relation of Esther and Judith with Daniel can best be explained by a possible common biblical heritage, is discussed and measured at the hand of the hypothesis of a common Grundlage for the prayers. Zeitlin’s argument (1972: 14, 15-21) that the prayers existed on polemical grounds, is also measured against the proposal of a common Grundlage. The eventual purpose of this study is then to point out what details can be derived from texts that are compared with each other by means of a literary and socio-historical comparison. Ancient Languages unrestricted 2013-09-07T18:47:44Z 2006-12-12 2013-09-07T18:47:44Z 2006-09-05 2006-12-12 2006-12-12 Dissertation Van der Walt, C 2006, A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith, Magister dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30325 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30325 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12122006-170846/ © 2006, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Genre Grundlage Socio-historical context Text(ual) strategy Literary analysis Lxx esther Prayer texts Book of judith Form criticism Discourse analysis UCTD A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title | A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title_full | A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title_fullStr | A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title_short | A Literary and Socio-historical Comparison between the Prayers of Esther (LXX) and Judith |
| title_sort | literary and socio historical comparison between the prayers of esther lxx and judith |
| topic | Genre Grundlage Socio-historical context Text(ual) strategy Literary analysis Lxx esther Prayer texts Book of judith Form criticism Discourse analysis UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30325 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12122006-170846/ |