Private associations and Jewish communities in the Hellenistic and Roman cities / edited by Benedikt Eckhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckhardt, Benedikt, author, editor.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v.191.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 191

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Associations, institutions, etc--Rome.

Associations, institutions, etc.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

History.

Jews--Societies, etc--History--To 1500.

Civilization, Greco-Roman--Influence.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Jews--Societies, etc.

Rome--Religious life and customs.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Fellowship--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Fellowship.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

227 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Language Note:

Seven chapters in English, one in French, and one in German.

Summary:

In 'Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities', Benedikt Eckhardt brings together a group of experts to investigate a problem of historical categorization. Traditionally, scholars have either presupposed that Jewish groups were "Greco-Roman Associations" like others or have treated them in isolation from other groups. Attempts to begin a cross-disciplinary dialogue about the presuppositions and ultimate aims of the respective approaches have shown that much preliminary work on categories is necessary. This book explores the methodological dividing lines, based on the common-sense assumption that different questions require different solutions. Re-introducing historical differentiation into a field that has been dominated by abstractions, it provides the debate with a new foundation. Case studies highlight the problems and advantages of different approaches.

Contents:

1. Introduction: "Greco-Roman Associations" and the Jews / Benedikt Eckhardt

2. Private associations in Hellenistic and Roman cities: Common ground and dividing lines / Benedikt Eckhardt

3. Political and sacred animals: Religious associations in Greco-Roman Egypt / Andrew Monson

4. Qumran discipline and rites of affliction in their associational context / Andrew R. Krause

5. Jewish associations in Alexandria? / Kimberley Czajkowski

6. Les communautés juives de la Diaspora dans le droit commun des associations du monde gréco-romain / Marie-Françoise Baslez

7. Associations beyond the city: Jews, actors and emire in the Roman period / Benedikt Eckhardt

8. Organisationsstrukturen jüdischer Gemeinden im Mäandertal / Ulrich Huttner

9. The associates and the others: Were Rabbinic Ḥavurot Greco-Roman Associations? / Clemens Leonhard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Private associations and Jewish communities in the Hellenistic and Roman cities

ISBN:

9789004405370

9004405372

9789004407602

900440760X

OCLC:

1100445470

Publisher Number:

40029360813