Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world : Jüdische identität in der griechisch-römischen welt / / edited by Jörg Frey, Daniel R. Schwartz & Stephanie Gripentrog.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, v. 71
• TeilnehmendeR: Frey, Jörg.; Schwartz, Daniel R.; Gripentrog, Stephanie.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 71.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The articles discuss various aspects of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman period. Was there a common ‘Jewish’ identity, and how could it be defined? How could different groups develop and maintain their identity within the challenge of Hellenistic and early Roman culture? What about the images of ‘others’? How could some of those ‘others’ adopt a Jewish lifestyle or identity, whereas others, abandoned their inherited identity? Among the questions discussed are the translation of Ioudaios, Jewish and universal identity in Philo, the status of women and their conversion to Judaism, the participation of non-Jews in the temple cult, the practice of Emperor worship in Judaea, and the image of Egypt and the Nile as ‘others’ in Philo. Two articles enter the debate whether Jewish identity had an ongoing influence within early Christianity, in Paul and in the rules known as the Apostolic Decree.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / J. Frey , D.R. Schwartz and S. Gripentrog -- \'Judaean\' or \'Jew\'? How should we translate Ioudaios in Josephus? / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Jewish worship and universal identity in Philo of Alexandria / Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer -- Die Beteiligung von Nichtjuden am Jerusalemer Tempelkult / Stefan Krauter -- The woman as \'Other\' in rabbinic literature / Tal Ilan -- Doing like jews or becoming a jew? Josephus on women converts to judaism / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Die Jüdische Integration in die Oberschicht Alexandriens und die Angebliche Apostasie des Tiberius Julius Alexander / Gottfried Schimanowski -- Philo on the Nile / Sarah K. Pearce -- Die Gemeinderegel von Qumran und das Antike Vereinswesen / Randolf Herrmann -- Der Kaiserkult in Judäa unter Herodischer und Römischer Herrschaft:Zu Herausbildung und Herausforderung neuer Konzepte Jüdischer Herrschaftslegitimation / Monika Bernett -- Die Jüdische Diaspora Kleinasiens und der \'Epigraphic Habit\' / Walter Ameling -- Paul’s jewish identity / Jörg Frey -- Das Aposteldekret—Halacha für Heidenchristen oder Christliche Rücksichtnahme auf Jüdische Tabus? / Roland Deines -- Indexes / J. Frey , D.R. Schwartz and S. Gripentrog.