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

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism; volume192
• VerfasserIn: Trotter, Jonathan Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism; volume192.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages).

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.

Table of 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.