Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40537-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 191, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

In Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities, Benedikt Eckhardt brings together a group of experts to investigate a problem of historical categorization. Traditionally, scholars have either presupposed that Jewish groups were “Greco-Roman Associations” like others or have treated them in isolation from other groups. Attempts to begin a cross-disciplinary dialogue about the presuppositions and ultimate aims of the respective approaches have shown that much preliminary work on categories is necessary. This book explores the methodological dividing lines, based on the common-sense assumption that different questions require different solutions. Re-introducing historical differentiation into a field that has been dominated by abstractions, it provides the debate with a new foundation. Case studies highlight the problems and advantages of different approaches.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: “Greco-Roman Associations” and the Jews

Benedikt Eckhardt

2 Private Associations in Hellenistic and Roman Cities: Common Ground and Dividing Lines

Benedikt Eckhardt

3 Political and Sacred Animals: Religious Associations in Greco-Roman Egypt

Andrew Monson

4 Qumran Discipline and Rites of Affliction in Their Associational Context

Andrew R. Krause

5 Jewish Associations in Alexandria?

Kimberley Czajkowski

6 Les communautés juives de la Diaspora dans le droit commun des associations du monde gréco-romain

Marie-Françoise Baslez

7 Associations beyond the City: Jews, Actors and Empire in the Roman Period

Benedikt Eckhardt

8 Organisationsstrukturen jüdischer Gemeinden im Mäandertal

Ulrich Huttner

9 The Associates and the Others: Were Rabbinic Havurot Greco-Roman Associations?

Clemens Leonhard

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Benedikt Eckhardt, Ph. D. (2011), University of Bochum, is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. He has published on both Jewish history and the history of private associations, including several articles in the Journal for the Study of Judaism.