Studies in Josephus and the varieties of ancient Judaism : Louis H. Feldman jubilee volume / / edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen and Joshua J. Schwartz.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, 67
• TeilnehmendeR: Feldman, Louis H.; Cohen, Shaye J. D.; Schwartz, Joshua.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 67.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; Josephus on ancient jewish groups from a social scientific perspective /; Maccabees, Zealots and Josephus: The impact of zionism on Joseph Klausner’s history of the Second Temple /; ‘Your covenant that you have sealed in our flesh’: Women, covenant,and circumcision /; Who are the kings of east and west in Ber 7a?: Roman religion, syrian gods and zoroastrianism in the babylonian Talmud /; The meaning of ‘Fisci Iudaici Calumnia Sublata’ on the coinage of Nerva /; The abuse and misuse of Josephus in Eusebius’ ecclesiastical history,books 2 and 3 /; Justus of Tiberias and the synchronistic chronology of Israel /; ‘Women Are (not) trustworthy’—Toward the resolution of a talmudic crux /; Josephus and the books of Samuel /; Lysias—an outstanding seleucid politician /; Document and rhetoric in Josephus: Revisiting the ‘charter’ for the jews /; Adnotationes criticae ad Flavii Josephi contra Apionem /; Josephus on his jewish forerunners (contra Apionem 1.218) /; Are the ‘Halachic Temple Mount’ and the ‘Outer Court’ of Josephus one and the same? /; Conversion to judaism in the Second Temple period: A functionalist approach /; Jews and gentiles from Judas Maccabaeus to John Hyrcanus according to contemporary jewish sources /; The ancient lists of contents of Josephus’ antiquities /; Index of sources /; Index of scholars cited /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281400599; 9786611400590; 9047410971
• ISSN: 1871-6636
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen and Joshua J. Schwartz.

Former students, colleagues and friends of the eminent classicist and historian Prof. Louis H. Feldman are pleased to honor him with a Jubilee volume. While Prof. Feldman has long been considered an outstanding scholar of Josephus, his scholarly interests and research interests pertain to almost all aspects of the ancient world and Jews. The articles in Judaism in the Ancient World: Louis H. Feldman Jubilee Volume relate to the fields studies by Prof. Feldman such as biblical interpretation, Judaism and Hellenism, Jews and Gentiles, Josephus, Jewish Literatures of the Second Temple, History of the Mishnah and Talmud periods, Jerusalem and much more. The contributors to this volume are among the most prominent in their fields and hail from the international scholarly community.