The sage in Jewish society of late antiquity / Richard Kalmin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalmin, Richard Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

History.

Tannaim.

Amoraim.

Rabbis--Palestine--Office.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--Iraq--Babylonia--Office.

Jews--Palestine--Social conditions.

Jews.

Jews--Iraq--Babylonia--Social conditions.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Social conditions.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

"The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" explores the social position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian) society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late antiquity. Author Richard Kalmin argues that ancient rabbinic sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis." The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity" provides a cultured and stimulating analysis of the role of the sage in late antiquity and sheds new light on rabbinic comments on such diverse topics as biblical heroes and genealogy and lineage.

Contents:

Part I Historical studies 25

1 Non-rabbinic Jews 27

2 Genealogy 51

3 Hasmonean royalty 61

4 Bible-reading non-Jews and heretics 68

5 Rainmaking 75

Part II Exegetical studies 81

6 King David 83

7 Moses 94

8 Ahitofel 101.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164) and indexes.

ISBN:

0415196949

0415196957

OCLC:

39189785