Goyim Gentiles and Israelites in Mishnah-Tosefta / Gary G. Porton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porton, Gary G., author.

Contributor:

Brown University.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies; 155

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Scholars Press, 2020.

Summary:

This volume examines the way thatMishnah-Tosefta attempted to construct an Israelite ethnic identity in order to differentiate the Israelites from the gentiles who also populated the Land of Israel. This became an especially pertinent project with the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, the failure of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, the increased influx of gentiles into the Land of Israel. and the social upheaval which resulted from the disruption of Israel's agricultural economy and the general economic decline experienced throughout the Roman world during that period. The organization of Mishnah-Tosefta indicates that their authors arranged their formulation of Israelite identity around a few key concepts/symbols: The Land of Israel, Israel's periods of Sacred Time, The People Israel and their Ethnic Institutions and Practices, The God of Israel, and The Residence of Israel's God.

Contents:

Introduction

Mishnaic and Toseftan Essays on the Gentiles

Contexts of Singular Passages

Literary Styles and Forms

Rabbinic Masters

The Land of Israel and the Gentiles

Israelite Sacred Time and the Gentiles

Israelite Society and the Gentiles

Gentiles as Idolaters

The Jerusalem Temple and the Gentiles

Israelite Purity and the Gentiles

The Gentiles as Non-Israelites.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781951498405

1951498402

OCLC:

1157983288

Publisher Number:

10.26300/jt8e-p349 DOI

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access