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.

Online:

The Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund Home Page