Daughters in the Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament

Michał Wojciechowski

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-7512


Abstract

The instances where daughters are mentioned in the Greek books of the Old Testament are not numerous. They are interesting, however, and deserving of exegesis and interpretation. In Tobit and Ben Sira their relationship to fathers are stressed and this aspect is of importance, whether those relationships are good or strained. If the texts are compared with the Hebrew Bible, more light is thrown on the personalities of the daughters, and they are valued more highly. Some influence of the Greek civilization can be presupposed here. A link with the Mediterranean culture of honor and shame can also be traced, especially in Ben Sira.

Keywords:

córka, kobieta w świecie starożytnym, ojciec, Biblia, Septuaginta, księgi deuterokanoniczne, Tobiasz, Zuzanna, Syrach, antropologia, rodzina, wartości rodzinne

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2020-06-26


Wojciechowski, M. (2020). Daughters in the Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament. Verbum Vitae, 37(2), 297–310. https://doi.org/10.31743/vv.5743

Michał Wojciechowski  m.wojciechowski@uwm.edu.pl
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

Michał Wojciechowski, born 1953, lay biblical scholar, studied in Warsaw and Paris, professor in Olsztyn (Poland). Author of 44 books and more than 140 scholarly articles (more than forty in English or French). His works concern Gospels, so-called Apocrypha, biblical ethics, Greek influences in the Bible, Fathers of the Church, Hellenistic culture and Christianity today.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-7512



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