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A topos of righteousness occurs when an author declares the receptor or prolocutor so. By classifying the figure in this manner, the author legitimates his message through cultic or ethical purity as the figure in the narrative becomes impeachable. This term, paired with justice, occurs in Akkadian literature (kittum u mīs̆arum) as an “ethical ideal,” and the same idea existed in Hebraic thought as the base on which Torah worked. For the authors, God was righteous, and His acts conformed to righteousness. He expected the same of Israel within the covenant relationship (Hos. 10:12). Righteousness therefore becomes the authority by which God’s covenant relationship continues. Second Temple Authors used this topos in two distinct methods that …show more content…
Enoch will witness the activities of the generations and recount them during the day of judgment. The second warning concerns the necessary actions of Second Temple Jews due to due to humanity’s openness to demonic control (Jub. 10:1-14). Left vulnerable is Noah’s righteous lineage who must depend not on righteousness, but on apotropaic prayers and God’s subsequent reprieve. The tension between Noahic righteousness and necessary prayer, therefore, produced an authorial assertion backed by righteous authority: do not rely on personal righteousness alone, but seek God in prayer for deliverance from demonic control, which leads to another topos of righteousness in Jub. 21:4 concerning God’s role as …show more content…
The following line of text expresses the place of the Holy Ones above the clouds. In the uppermost heaven, the Great Glory resides in the Holy of Holies. Several layers of heaven form an “in-between world organized in a hierarchical fashion between [God and] . . . this world full of injustices.” The separation begets synonymy between holiness (separation) and righteousness, highlighting the topos by which a reader can trust His judgments because of his righteousness. Incorporates the Jubileen concept, this understanding adds a universal dynamic; God is judge not only of Israel but of the entire

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