Judaism in the Roman World: Collected EssaysJudaism in the Roman World deals with the religious lives of Jews in the Roman world from late Second Temple times to the Later Roman Empire. *** The studies collected here analyse a series of issues important in the development of Judaism in this period: the role of the Temple and pilgrimage in the first century CE; the attitude of Jews to the physical texts of the Torah and to the scribes who produced them; the extent of variety and change within Judaism before and after 70 CE and the nature of the evidence for particular types of Judaism; the role of synagogues and images in Jewish worship; and relations between Jews and Christians in the early centuries. *** This book should be particularly useful to students of ancient Judaism and those interested in Christian origins. |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE EARLY JUDAISM | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY IN ANCIENT JUDAISM | 21 |
CHAPTER THREE JOSEPHUS AND VARIETY IN FIRSTCENTURY JUDAISM | 33 |
CHAPTER FOUR THE TEMPLE IN FIRSTCENTURY CE JUDAISM | 47 |
CHAPTER FIVE THE PILGRIMAGE ECONOMY OF JERUSALEM IN THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD | 59 |
CHAPTER SIX SACRED SCRIPTURE AND DEFILING THE HANDS | 69 |
CHAPTER SEVEN TEXTS SCRIBES AND POWER IN ROMAN JUDAEA | 79 |
CHAPTER EIGHT JEWISH PROSELYTIZING IN THE FIRST CENTURY | 91 |
CHAPTER TWELVE THE PERSECUTION OF PAUL BY DIASPORA JEWS | 145 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN SADDUCEES AND ESSENES AFTER 70 CE | 153 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE FUNCTION OF MINIM IN EARLY RABBINIC JUDAISM | 163 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN MODELING THE PARTING OF THE WAYS | 175 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN KOSHER OLIVE OIL IN ANTIQUITY | 187 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE JEWISH IMAGE OF GOD IN LATE ANTIQUITY | 205 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SACRED SPACE IN DIASPORA JUDAISM | 219 |
THE LIMITATIONS OF EVIDENCE | 233 |
CHAPTER NINE A NOTE ON JOSEPHUS THE PHARISEES AND ANCESTRAL TRADITION | 117 |
CHAPTER TEN THE PLACE OF THE SADDUCEES IN FIRSTCENTURY JUDAISM | 123 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN A NOTE ON THE QUMRAN SECTARIANS THE ESSENES AND JOSEPHUS | 137 |
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