Judaism in late antiquity. / 1, : The literary and archaeological sources / / edited by Jacob Neusner.

• Superior document: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 16. Bd.
• TeilnehmendeR: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-; Avery-Peck, Alan J. 1953-; Chilton, Bruce.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Pt. 3, volume 4 edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner.; Pt. 5, volume 1-2 edited by Alan J. Avery-Peck, Jacob Neusner and Bruce D. Chilton.

This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources — written and in material culture — that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Jacob Neusner -- Introduction: The Scholarly Study of Judaism and its Sources / William Scott Green -- Non-Rabbinic Literature / Günter Stemberger -- The Targumim / Paul V. M. Flesher -- The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Judaism / James F. Strange -- DEFINING RABBINIC LITERATURE AND ITS PRINCIPAL PARTS / Jacob Neusner -- THE MISHNAH, TOSEIT A, AND THE TALMUDS: THE PROBLEM OF TEXT AND CONTEXT / Alan J. Avery-Peck -- RABBINIC MIDRASH / Gary G. Porton -- JEWISH LITURGY AND JEWISH SCHOIARSHIP / Lawrence A. Hoffman -- GENERAL INDEX / Jacob Neusner -- INDEX TO BIBLICAL REFERENCES / Jacob Neusner -- HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK / Jacob Neusner.