Judaea-Palaestina, Babylon and Rome: Jews in Antiquity

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-16-151697-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 147, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 238 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 657 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism

The present volume brings together papers by internationally renowned specialists in Jewish history in the Roman period. Most of them were read at a conference at Tel Aviv University in 2009 in honour of Aharon Oppenheimer. The volume focuses on a number of well-defined key topics in the history of the Jews both in Judea and in the diaspora: first of all the image of Jews among non-Jews and of non-Jews among Jews; questions of social and intellectual history, mostly those dealing with the transformation that took place as a result of the failed Jewish revolts against Rome and urgent issues in modern scholarship. Studies to be mentioned here are: the relationship and cultural differences between Palestinian and Babylonian Jews; the relationship between Jews and early Christians; the evolving image of first century Judaism as projected in the early Christian sources and modern scholarship; the role of the sages in this period, conversion to Judaism, and Jewish resistance and martyrdom under Roman rule. Many of the papers provide a new assessment of the relevant subjects in the light of changing views of social and religious history. Central to many of the papers is a focus on attitudes toward others and collective image: the Jews as seen by others; Jews looking at others and at internal groups. Another category of articles are chapters in social and intellectual history with a sensitive and controversial ideology in the background, some of them providing provocative re-assessments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Isaac, Benjamin

Shahar, Yuval

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Benjamin Isaac / Yuval Shahar : Preface and Introduction

The Image of Jews among Non-Jews
Albert I. Baumgarten : The “Outreach” Campaign of the Ancient Pharisees: There is no such thing as a Free Lunch - Shaye J.D. Cohen : Dancing, Clapping, Meditating: Jewish and Christian Observance of the Sabbath in Pseudo-Ignatius

The Image of Non-Jews among Jews
Joshua Schwartz : How Jewish to be Jewish? Self-Identity and Jewish Christians in First Century CE Palestine - Günter Stemberger : The birkat ha-minim and the separation of Christians and Jews - Vered Noam : Another Look at the Rabbinic Conception of Gentiles from the Perspective of Impurity Laws - Richard Kalmin : The Evil Eye in Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity - Peter Schäfer : Jesus’ Origin, Birth, and Childhood according to the Toledot Yeshu and the Talmud

Social History
Tessa Rajak : Reflections on Jewish Resistance and the Discourse of Martyrdom in Josephus - Martin Goodman : Titus, Berenice and Agrippa: the Last Days of the Temple in Jerusalem - Yuval Shahar : Why a quarter? The Siqariqon ruling and Roman Law - Susan Weingarten : How do you say haroset in Greek? - Jonathan J. Price : The Necropolis at Jaffa and ist Relation to Beth She‘arim - Youval Rotman: Captives and Redeeming Captives: the Law and the Community - Werner Eck : The Jewish Community in Cologne from Roman Times to the Early Middle Age

Issues in Modern Scholarship
David M. Goodblatt : The Jews in the Parthian Empire: What We Don’t Know - Yoram Tsafrir : The Finds in Cave 2001-2002 and Burial at Masada - Isaiah Gafni : Will the ‘Real’ Rabbis Please Stand Up: On the Repackaging of the Rabbinic Model in Modern Times

Index
Aharon Oppenheimer’s Publications

Über Autor(innen)

Shahar, Yuval
Born 1953; studied Jewish History and Jewish Philosophy at Tel Aviv University; currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and Head of The Multidisciplinary Program in the Humanities, Tel Aviv University.

Isaac, Benjamin
Born 1945; immigrated to Israel in 1972; studied in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; currently Fred and Helen Lessing Professor of Ancient History, Tel Aviv University; member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Prize Laureate.

Benjamin Isaac
Born 1945; immigrated to Israel in 1972; studied in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; currently Fred and Helen Lessing Professor of Ancient History, Tel Aviv University; member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Prize Laureate.

Yuval Shahar
Born 1953; studied Jewish History and Jewish Philosophy at Tel Aviv University;
currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and Head of The Multidisciplinary Program in the Humanities, Tel Aviv University.