The Jerusalem Temple in diaspora : Jewish practice and thought during the Second Temple period Jonathan Trotter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trotter, Jonathan Robert, author.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism; volume192.

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism; volume192

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish diaspora in literature.

Jewish diaspora--History--to 1500.

Jewish diaspora.

Jews--History--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.

Judaism.

Greek literature, Hellenistic--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Greek literature, Hellenistic.

Bible. Maccabees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--Influence.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

In The Jerusalem Temple in Diaspora, Jonathan Trotter shows how different diaspora Jews’ perspectives on the distant city of Jerusalem and the temple took shape while living in the diaspora, an experience which often is characterized by complicated senses of alienation from and belonging to an ancestral homeland and one’s current home. This book investigates not only the perspectives of the individual diaspora Jews whose writings mention the Jerusalem temple (Letter of Aristeas, Philo of Alexandria, 2 Maccabees, and 3 Maccabees) but also the customs of diaspora Jewish communities linking them to the temple, such as their financial contributions and pilgrimages there.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page / Jonathan R. Trotter

Dedication / Jonathan R. Trotter

Acknowledgments / Jonathan R. Trotter

Introduction / Jonathan R. Trotter

Contributions to the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews / Jonathan R. Trotter

Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews / Jonathan R. Trotter

2 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple / Jonathan R. Trotter

The Letter of Aristeas and the Jerusalem Temple / Jonathan R. Trotter

3 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple / Jonathan R. Trotter

Philo of Alexandria and the Jerusalem Temple / Jonathan R. Trotter

Conclusion / Jonathan R. Trotter

Back Matter

Bibliography / Jonathan R. Trotter

Subject Index / Jonathan R. Trotter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40985-8

OCLC:

1104219692

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004409859 DOI