Judaism in the Roman world : collected essays / / by Martin Goodman.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, v. 66
• Author: Goodman, Martin, 1953-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; Chapter One. Early judaism /; Chapter Two. Identity and authority in ancient judaism /; Chapter Three. Josephus And Variety In First-Century judaism /; Chapter Four. The temple in first-century CE judaism /; Chapter Five. The pilgrimage economy of Jerusalem in the second temple period /; Chapter Six. Sacred scripture and ‘defiling the hands’ /; Chapter Seven. Texts, scribes and power in roman Judaea /; Chapter Eight. Jewish proselytizing in the first century /; Chapter Nine. A note on Josephus, The pharisees and ancestral tradition /; Chapter Ten. The place of the sadducees in first-century judaism /; Chapter Eleven. A note on the Qumran sectarians, the Essenes and Josephus /; Chapter Twelve. The persecution of Paul /; Chapter Thirteen. Sadducees and Essenes after 70 CE /; Chapter Fourteen. The function of minim in early rabbinic judaism /; Chapter Fifteen. Modeling the “parting of the ways” /; Chapter Sixteen. Kosher olive oil in antiquity /; Chapter Seventeen. The jewish image of God in late antiquity /; Chapter Eighteen. Sacred space in Diaspora judaism /; Chapter Nineteen. Jews and judaism in the mediterranean Diaspora in the late-roman period:The limitations of evidence /; Index of names and subjects /; Index of ancient literature /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 128139999X; 9786611399993; 9047410610
• ISSN: 1871-6636
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Martin Goodman.

Judaism in the Roman World deals with the religious lives of Jews in the Roman world from late Second Temple times to the Later Roman Empire. *** The studies collected here analyse a series of issues important in the development of Judaism in this period: the role of the Temple and pilgrimage in the first century CE; the attitude of Jews to the physical texts of the Torah and to the scribes who produced them; the extent of variety and change within Judaism before and after 70 CE and the nature of the evidence for particular types of Judaism; the role of synagogues and images in Jewish worship; and relations between Jews and Christians in the early centuries. *** This book should be particularly useful to students of ancient Judaism and those interested in Christian origins.