Judaism in the Roman world : collected essays / by Martin Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Martin, 1953-

Series:

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 66.

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 1871-6636 ; v. 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judaism in the Roman World deals with the religious lives of Jews in the Roman world from late Second Temple times to the Later Roman Empire. *** The studies collected here analyse a series of issues important in the development of Judaism in this period: the role of the Temple and pilgrimage in the first century CE; the attitude of Jews to the physical texts of the Torah and to the scribes who produced them; the extent of variety and change within Judaism before and after 70 CE and the nature of the evidence for particular types of Judaism; the role of synagogues and images in Jewish worship; and relations between Jews and Christians in the early centuries. *** This book should be particularly useful to students of ancient Judaism and those interested in Christian origins.

Contents:

Preliminary material / M. Goodman

Chapter One. Early judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Two. Identity and authority in ancient judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Three. Josephus And Variety In First-Century judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Four. The temple in first-century CE judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Five. The pilgrimage economy of Jerusalem in the second temple period / M. Goodman

Chapter Six. Sacred scripture and ‘defiling the hands’ / M. Goodman

Chapter Seven. Texts, scribes and power in roman Judaea / M. Goodman

Chapter Eight. Jewish proselytizing in the first century / M. Goodman

Chapter Nine. A note on Josephus, The pharisees and ancestral tradition / M. Goodman

Chapter Ten. The place of the sadducees in first-century judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Eleven. A note on the Qumran sectarians, the Essenes and Josephus / M. Goodman

Chapter Twelve. The persecution of Paul / Diaspora Jews

Chapter Thirteen. Sadducees and Essenes after 70 CE / M. Goodman

Chapter Fourteen. The function of minim in early rabbinic judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Fifteen. Modeling the “parting of the ways” / M. Goodman

Chapter Sixteen. Kosher olive oil in antiquity / M. Goodman

Chapter Seventeen. The jewish image of God in late antiquity / M. Goodman

Chapter Eighteen. Sacred space in Diaspora judaism / M. Goodman

Chapter Nineteen. Jews and judaism in the mediterranean Diaspora in the late-roman period:The limitations of evidence / M. Goodman

Index of names and subjects / M. Goodman

Index of ancient literature / M. Goodman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39999-X

9786611399993

90-474-1061-0

OCLC:

290558891

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004153097.i-275 DOI