Judaism in late antiquity.

Judaism in late antiquity. / 3, : Volume 2 : Where we stand : issues and debates in ancient Judaism. / / edited by Jacob Neusner.

This collection of systematic Auseinandersetzungen articulates difference and spells out what is at issue. Learning atrophies when political consensus substitutes for criticism, and when other than broadly-accepted viewpoints, approaches, and readings find a hearing only with difficulty, if at all....

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Superior document:Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 41. Bd.
TeilnehmendeR:
Neusner, Jacob, 1932-
Avery-Peck, Alan J. 1953-
Chilton, Bruce.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 41.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 228 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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • I. The Historical-Critical Method and Late Second Temple Judaic Writings
  • II. Revisiting Josephus's Pharisees
  • III. Was Judaism Particularist or Universalist?
  • IV. Rabbinic Judaism in Nihilistic Perspective: The Goldberg-Schäfer School and the Theory of the Empty Text
  • V. The Targumim and Judaism of the First Century
  • VI. The Status of Women in Ancient Judaism
  • VII. Woman as Other in Rabbinic Literature
  • VIII. Who was a Jew?
  • Indices
  • General Index
  • Index of Biblical, Talmudic and Ancient References.

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