Strategies for Responding to Catastrophe: Examples from Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature

Experts of deuterocanonical and cognate literature shed light on how an individual or a group understood catastrophes in the late Second Temple Judaism. The essays in this volume carefully study questions like: What kind of acts lead to a catastrophe? Is there a chance to avoid a catastrophe? How to respond to a catastrophic situation?

Ancient thinkers had strategies for survival and adapting to new situations. The contributors here select and analyze relevant passages covering the main wo...