Daughters in the Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament

• Authors: Michał Wojciechowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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

EN

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

PL

Daughter; Women in the ancient world; Father; Bible; Septuagint; Apocrypha; Deuterocanonical books; Tobit; Susanna; Ben Sira; Sirach; Anthropology; Family; Family values

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Verbum Vitae
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 297-310

Dates

published

2020-06-26

Contributors

author

Michał Wojciechowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vv.5743