Jewish Studies
Judaea-Palaestina, Babylon and Rome: Jews in Antiquity
Ed. by Benjamin Isaac and Yuval Shahar
[Judäa-Palästina, Babylon und Rom: Juden in der Antike.]
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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.
Survey of contents
Benjamin Isaac / Yuval Shahar: Preface and IntroductionThe 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 its 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