A Companion to late ancient Jews and Judaism : third century BCE to 7th century CE / edited by Naomi Koltun-Fromm and Gwynn Kessler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kessler, Gwynn, editor.

Koltun-Fromm, Naomi, 1964- editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

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

Judaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews--History--70-638.

Jews.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 536 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction / Gwynn Kessler and Naomi Koltun-Fromm

Where Jews Lived in the West? / Ross Kraemer

Jewish Towns and Neighborhoods in Roman Palestine and Persian Babylonia / Mika Ahuvia

Late Ancient Jewish Languages / Azzan Yadin-Israel

Literature of the Jews, Fourth Century B.C.E. to Second Century C.E. / Eva Mroczek

Rabbinic Literature / Michal Bar Asher-Siegal

Material Culture of the Second Temple Period (pre-70 C.E.) / Karen B. Stern

How Do Jews Matter? Exploring Late-Ancient Mediterranean Jews and Jewishness through Material Culture / Cynthia M. Baker

Material Culture of the Jews in the Sasanian Empire / Jason S. Mokhtarian

Non-Jewish Sources for Late Ancient Jewish History / Naomi Koltun-Fromm

Contesting Identities: The Splitting Channels from Israelite to Jew / Yair Furstenberg

Imagining Judaism after 70 C.E. / Jonathan Klawans

Rabbis and the Poor in Palestinian Amoraic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud / Alyssa M. Gray

Diaspora and Center / Joshua Burns

Jews and their Others (New Testament) / Sandy L. Haney

Rabbis and their Others / Mira Beth Wasserman

What is Jewish Law?

Jewish Legal Culture and Thought in Antiquity (Fifth C.B.C.E.

Seventh C.C.E.) / Natalie B. Dohrmann

Arabian Judaism at the Advent of Islam: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Judaism / Aaron Hughes

Sexualities and Il/licit Relationships in Late Ancient Jewish Literatures / Federico Dal Bo

Embodied Scriptural Practice Among Late Ancient Jews / Elizabeth Shanks-Alexander

Bodies that Matter: Piety and Sin / Jane L. Kanerak

Rabbinic Gender: Beyond Male and Female / Gwynn Kessler

Disability Studies in Jewish Culture in Late Antiquity: Gender, Body and Violence amidst Empire / Julia Watts Belser

Gender, Sex and Witchcraft in Late Ancient Judaism / Sara Ronis

Domestic Spaces / Meredith J.C. Warren

"Do Not Say 'I am Poor and Cannot Seek out Knowledge": The House of Study and Education in the Second Temple Period / Cana Werman

Locating Diaspora Jewish Philanthropy in the Ancient Mediterranean Public Arena / Shira L. Lander

Sacred Spaces / Sarit Kattan Gribetz

Jewish Prayer, Liturgy and Ritual / Laura S. Lieber

Agriculture and Industry / John Mandsanger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to late ancient Jews and Judaism.

ISBN:

9781119113973

1119113970

9781119113843

1119113849

9781119113652

1119113652

Publisher Number:

99990200761

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.