Antiquity in Antiquity

Jewish and Christian Pasts in the Greco-Roman World
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-16-149411-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 123, 483 Seiten, Leinen, Format (B × H): 238 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 854 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism

Welche Rolle spielten das kollektive Gedächtnis und die Geschichte einer Gemeinschaft bei der Identitätsfindung, politischen Propaganda, im religiösen Glauben und bei religiösen Praktiken von Juden, Christen und Heiden in der späten Antike (vom 3. Jh. v. Chr. bis zum 7. Jh. n. Chr.)? Die Autoren dieses Bandes untersuchen, wie die verschiedenen religiösen Gruppen der Antike ihre eigene Gegenwart sahen.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of religious studies, church history, ancient Judaism, Talmud and rabbinic literature, Jewish-Christian relations in late antiquity, Hebrew Bible, classics, corre sponding institutes and libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardner, Gregg

Osterloh, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gregg Gardner and Kevin L. Osterloh: The Significance of Antiquity in Antiquity: An Introduction
Part One
Jewish an Pagan Antiquities from the Late Hellenistic to the Early Imperial Period
Holger M. Zellentin: The End of Jewish Egypt: Artapanus and the Second Exodus - Harriet I. Flower: Remembering and Forgetting Temple Destruction: The Destruction of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in 83 BC - Steve Mason: The Greeks and the Distant Past in Josephus's Judaean War - Doron Mendels: How Was Antiquity Treated in Societies with a Hellenistic Heritage? And Why Did the Rabbis Avoid Writing History?
Part Two
Jewish, Pagan, and Christian Antiquities in the Greco-Roman World
Peter Schäfer: Rabbis and Priests, or: How to Do Away with the Glorious Past of the Sons of Aaron - Annette Yoshiko Reed: "Jewish Christianity" as Counter-history?: The Apostolic Past in Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History and the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies - Lee I. Levine: Jewish Collective Memory in Late Antiquity: Issues in the Interpretation of Jewish Art - Elizabeth Kessler-Dimin: Tradition and Transmission: Hermes Kourotrophos in Nea Paphos, Cyprus
Part Three
Antiquities of Late Antiquitiy and Today
Moulie Vidas: The Bavli's Discussion of Genealogy in Qiddushin IV - Ra'anan S. Boustan: The Spoils of the Jerusalem Temple at Rome and Constantinople: Jewish Counter-Geography in a Christianizing Empire - Yannis Papadoyannakis: A Debate about the Rebuilding of the Temple in Sixth-Century Byzantium - G.W. Bowersock: Helena's Bridle and the Chariot of Ethiopia - Adam H. Becker: The Ancient Near East in the Late Antique Near East: Syriac Christian Appropriation of the Biblical East

Über Autor(innen)

Gardner, Gregg
is doctoral student in Religion at Princeton University.

Osterloh, Kevin
is assistant Professor of ancient history at Miami University.