Talmuda de-Eretz Israel : archaeology and the rabbis in late antique Palestine / edited by Steven Fine and Aaron Koller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fine, Steven.

Koller, Aaron J., 1978-

Series:

Studia Judaica ; vol. 73.

Studia Judaica, 0585-5306 ; vol. 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Bible--Antiquities.

Bible.

Antiquities.

Archaeology--Palestine--History.

Archaeology.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2014]

Summary:

"Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine brings together an international community of historians, literature scholars and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and archaeology increases our understanding of both types of evidence, and of the complex culture which they together reflect. This volume reflects a growing consensus that rabbinic culture was an "embodied" culture, presenting a series of case studies that demonstrate the value of archaeology for the contextualization of rabbinic literature. It steers away from later twentieth-century trends, particularly in North America, that stressed disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, and seeks a more holistic approach"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew / Shawn Zelig Aster Aster, Shawn Zelig 1

Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 - The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member / Jonathan S. Milgram Milgram, Jonathan S. 19

Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 - The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence / Noa Yuval-Hacham Yuval-Hacham, Noa 29

Tosefta Ma'aser Sheni 1:4 - The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine / Joshua Weistuch Weistuch, Joshua, Ben Zion Rosenfeld Rosenfeld, Ben Zion 53

Tosefta Shabbat 1:14 - "Come and See the Extent to Which Purity Had Spread' An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage / Yonatan Adler Adler, Yonatan 63

An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayehi Beshalah, 1 - Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited / Uzi Leibner Leibner, Uzi 83

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1 (71b-72a) - "Of the Making of Books": Rabbinic Scribal Arts in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Lawrence H. Schiffman Schiffman, Lawrence H. 97

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) - The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late Antiquity / Alexei Sivertsev Sivertsev, Alexei 111

Genesis Rabbah 1:1 - Mosaic To rah as the Blueprint of the Universe -Insights from the Roman World / Burton L. Visotzky Visotzky, Burton L. 127

Genesis Rabbah 98:17 - "And Why Is it Called Gennosar?" Recent Discoveries at Magdala and Jewish Life on the Plain of Gennosar in the Early Roman Period. / R. Steven Notley Notley, R. Steven 141

Leviticus Rabbah 16:1 - "Odysseus and the Sirens" in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She'an / Galit Hasan-Rokem Hasan-Rokem, Galit 159

Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b - Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity / Steven Fine Fine, Steven 191

Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a - Jews and Pagan Cults in Third-Century Sepphoris / Sacha Stern Stern, Sacha 205

The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature - Matters of Language / Steven D. Fraade Fraade, Steven D. 225

"This Is the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Qappar" (Dabbura Inscription) - Were Epigraphical Rabbis Real Sages, or Nothing More Than Donors and Honored Deceased? / Stuart S. Miller Miller, Stuart S. 239

The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai - Jewish Marriage Customs in Early Byzantium / Laura S. Lieber Lieber, Laura S. 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614514855

1614514852

9781614512875

1614512876

OCLC:

869141236