The Rabbis’ King-Parables : : Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire / / Alan Appelbaum.
The Rabbis’ King-Parables: Midrash From the Third-Century Roman Empire examines the ancient Rabbis at work using parables about kings; parables that reflect the Rabbis' ideas about the role of the ruler in society, and the relationship of humanity to God. It considers the parables as resistance...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Judaism in Context
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Methodology for Identifying Third-Century King-Parables
- Chapter 2: Identifying and Classifying the Third-Century Rabbinic King-Parables
- Chapter 3: Form and Structure
- Chapter 4: The Figure of the King
- Chapter 5: Functions
- Chapter 6: Settings
- Chapter 7: The Figure of God
- Chapter 8: Third-Century King-Parables as Resistance Literature
- Chapter 9: Third-Century King-Parables as a Source of Roman History
- Appendix: Jesus’ King-Parables
- Bibliography
- Index