Martin Hengels »Zeloten«

Martin Hengel's The Zealots, published originally in 1961, is after over 50 years still the most important study of the Jewish revolts in the 1st century AD. Hengel emphasizes the radical-religious background of the Jewish opposition to Rome. In commemoration of the 85th birthday of Martin Hengel, who died in 2009, and to mark the new edition of the Zealots in 2011, a symposium was held to acknowledge the history of reception and the continuing significance of Hengel's first work. The authors deal with subjects such as God's zeal and the zeal of his protagonists, the prototypes of zeal in the Old Testament and early Judaism, Elijah and Phineas, as well as the relationship between the Jesus tradition and the Zealots. The boycott of Roman coins demonstrates the fervent zeal of the Zealots. The last contribution investigates the religious perception of Jews and Judaism in Martin Hengel's works and the extraordinary significance of Hengel's Zealots for the history of Ancient Judaism.Joachim Schaper: Das Theologumenon des »Eifers« Gottes in alttestamentlichen Texten, sein Zusammenhang mit dem Bilderverbot und seine Wirkung auf das frühe Judentum - Anna Maria Schwemer: Die »Eiferer« Elia und Pinchas und ihre Identifikation - Christian Grappe: Die Zeloten, der historische Jesus und der Jesus der Evangelien - Niclas Förster: Die zelotische Ablehnung römischer Steuern und Münzen: eine neue patristische Quelle - Daniel R. Schwartz: Zeloten, Martin Hengels 'Die Zeloten' und Dichotomie im antiken Judentum