Mixed marriages : intermarriage and group identity in the Second Temple period / edited by Christian Frevel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frevel, Christian, 1962-

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 547.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 547

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interfaith marriage in the Bible.

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Physical Description:

xi, 337 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark International, [2011]

Summary:

The volume reflects the recent debate on intermarriage and its implications for group identity in the formative phase of Judaism.>

Contents:

Deepening the water : first steps to a diachronic approach on intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible / Christian Frevel and Benedikt J. Conczorowski

An ethnic affair? : Ezra's intermarriage crisis against a context of "self-ascription" and "ascription of others" / Katherine Southwood

The question of mixed marriages between the poles of diaspora and homeland : observations in Ezra/Nehemiah / Ralf Rothenbusch

Intermarriage and group identity in the Ezra tradition (Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8) / Juha Pakkala

All the same as Ezra? : conceptual differences between the texts on intermarriage in Genesis, Deuteronomy 7 and Ezra / Benedikt J. Conczorowski

Understanding the mixed marriages of Ezra-Nehemiah in the light of temple-building and the book's concept of Jerusalem / Jan Clauss

Mixed marriage in Torah narratives / Karen S. Winslow

From the well in Midian to the Baal of Peor : different attitudes to marriage of Israelites to Midianite women / Yonina Dor

"Married into Moab" : the exogamy practiced by Judah and his descendants in the Judahite lineages / Gary N. Knoppers

The question of "mixed marriages" (intermarriage) : the extra-biblical evidence / Sebastian Grätz

Mixed marriages and the Hellenistic religious reforms / Armin Lange

"Separate yourself from the Gentiles" (Jubilees 22:16) : intermarriage in the book of Jubilees / Christian Frevel

Intermarriage in Qumran texts : the legacy of Ezra-Nehemiah / Hannah Harrington

Moses' Cushite marriage : Torah, Artapanus, and Josephus / Karen S. Winslow

Feminist- and gender-critical perspectives on the biblical ideology of intermarriage / Claudia V. Camp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567310507

0567310507

OCLC:

657604429