Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries : the Interbellum 70-132 CE / edited by Joshua Schwartz and Peter J. Tomson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwartz, Joshua, editor.

Tomson, Peter J., editor.

Series:

Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum 15.

Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, 1877-4970 ; Volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Rome--History--70-638.

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

Christians--Rome--History--70-638.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

This volume discusses crucial aspects of the period between the two revolts against Rome in Judaea that saw the rise of rabbinic Judaism and of the separation between Judaism and Christianity. Most contributors no longer support the ‘maximalist’ claim that around 100 CE, a powerful rabbinic regime was already in place. Rather, the evidence points to the appearance of the rabbinic movement as a group with a regional power base and with limited influence. The period is best seen as one of transition from the multiform Judaism revolving around the Second Temple in Jerusalem to a Judaism that was organized around synagogue, Tora, and sages and that parted ways with Christianity.

Contents:

Introduction

Archaeology

Interbellum Judea 70–132 ce: An Archaeological Perspective / Boaz Zissu

Adapted Roman Rituals in Second Century ce Jewish Houses / Eyal Baruch

Lod of the Yavne Period: How a City was Cheated out of Its Period / Joshua Schwartz

The Roman Perspective

Position and Authority of the Provincial Legate and the Financial Procurator in Judaea, 70–136 ad / Werner Eck

Judaea after 70: Delegation of Authority by Rome? / Benjamin Isaac

Jews and Christians under Trajan and the Date of Ignatius’ Martyrdom / Marco Rizzi

‘He Will Bear the Name of a Sea’: Jewish Expectations of Hadrian and His Imperial Strategy before 130 ce / Francesco Ziosi

The Liminal Time from the Temple’s Destruction until Yavne, 70–85/90 ce / Ben-Zion Rosenfeld

Historiography

70 ce or 135 ce – Where was the Watershed? Ancient and Modern Perspectives / David Levine

Uncertain Symbol: The Representation of Yavne in the Talmud Yerushalmi / Catherine Hezser

Transmission and Evolution of the Story of R. Gamliel’s Deposition / Moshe Simon-Shoshan

Developments during the Interbellum

Were the Noahide Commandments Formulated at Yavne? Tosefta Avoda Zara 8:4–9 in Cultural and Historical Context / Christine Hayes

The Historicity of Yavnean Traditions: The Case of Jewish Liturgy / Lee I. Levine

Jewish Revolts and Jewish-Christian Relations / James Carleton Paget

The Ways That Parted: Jews, Christians, and Jewish-Christians, circa 100–150 ce / Shaye J.D. Cohen

Christian Gnosticism and Judaism in the First Decades of the Second Century / Christoph Markschies

The Import of Literary Sources

Josephus on the Temple from a Post-70 Perspective / Jan Willem van Henten

Matthew and Yavne: Religious Authority in the Making? / Eric Ottenheijm

Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum: a Para-Rabbinic Jewish Source Close to the Yavne Period / Zeʾev Safrai

Josephus, Luke-Acts, and Politics in Rome and Judaea by 100 ce / Peter J. Tomson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 16, 2017).

ISBN:

90-04-35297-X

OCLC:

1012882503

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004352971 DOI