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, li...

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.