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A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism


A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism

3rd Century BCE - 7th Century CE
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World 1. Aufl.

von: Gwynn Kessler, Naomi Koltun-Fromm

183,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 26.03.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9781119113973
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 524

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<p><b>An innovative approach to the study of ten centuries of Jewish culture and history</b></p> <p><i>A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism</i> explores the Jewish people, their communities, and various manifestations of their religious and cultural expressions from the third century BCE to the seventh century CE. Presenting a collection of 30 original essays written by noted scholars in the field, this companion provides an expansive examination of ancient Jewish life, identity, gender, sacred and domestic spaces, literature, language, and theological questions throughout late ancient Jewish history and historiography.</p> <p>Editors Gwynn Kessler and Naomi Koltun-Fromm situate the volume within Late Antiquity, enabling readers to rethink traditional chronological, geographic, and political boundaries. The <i>Companion </i>incorporates a broad methodology, drawing from social history, material history and culture, and literary studies to consider the diverse forms and facets of Jews and Judaism within multiple contexts of place, culture, and history. Divided into five parts, thematically-organized essays discuss topics including the spaces where Jews lived, worked, and worshiped, Jewish languages and literatures, ethnicities and identities, and questions about gender and the body central to Jewish culture and Judaism. Offering original scholarship and fresh insights on late ancient Jewish history and culture, this unique volume: </p> <ul> <li>Offers a one-volume exploration of “second temple,” “Greco-Roman,” and “rabbinic” periods and sources</li> <li>Explores Jewish life across most of the geographic places where Jews or Judaeans were known to have lived</li> <li>Features original maps of areas cited in every essay, including maps of Jewish settlement throughout Late Antiquity</li> <li>Includes an outline of major historical events, further readings, and full references</li> </ul> <p><i>A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism: 3rd Century BCE - 7th Century CE </i>is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and scholars of Jewish studies, religion, literature, and ethnic identity, as well as general readers with interest in Jewish history, world religions, Classics, and Late Antiquity.</p>
<p>List of Figures xi</p> <p>List of Maps xiii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xix</p> <p>Maps xxi</p> <p>1 Introduction 1<br /><i>Naomi Koltun-Fromm and Gwynn Kessler</i></p> <p><b>Part I Where Jews Live 13</b></p> <p>2 Where Jews Lived in the West 15<br /><i>Ross S. Kraemer</i></p> <p>3 Jewish Towns and Neighborhoods in Roman Palestine and Persian Babylonia 33<br /><i>Mika Ahuvia</i></p> <p><b>Part II Languages and Literatures 53</b></p> <p>4 Late Ancient Jewish Languages 55<br /><i>Azzan Yadin-Israel</i></p> <p>5 Literature of the Jews, Fourth Century bce to Second Century ce 69<br /><i>Eva Mroczek</i></p> <p>6 Rabbinic Literature 87<br /><i>Michal Bar-Asher Siegal</i></p> <p>7 Material Culture of the Second Temple Period (pre-70 ce) 105<br /><i>Karen B. Stern</i></p> <p>8 How Do Jews Matter? Exploring Late-Ancient Mediterranean Jews and Jewishness Through Material Culture 127<br /><i>Cynthia M. Baker</i></p> <p>9 Material Culture of the Jews of Sasanian Mesopotamia 145<br /><i>Jason Sion Mokhtarian</i></p> <p>10 Non-Jewish Sources for Late Ancient Jewish History 167<br /><i>Naomi Koltun-Fromm</i></p> <p><b>Part III Identities and Ethnicities 181</b></p> <p>11 Contesting Identities: The Splitting Channels from Israelite to Jew 183<br /><i>Yair Furstenberg</i></p> <p>12 Imagining Judaism after 70 ce 201<br /><i>Jonathan Klawans</i></p> <p>13 Rabbis and the Poor in Palestinian Amoraic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud 217<br /><i>Alyssa M. Gray</i></p> <p>14 Diaspora and Center 229<br /><i>Joshua Ezra Burns</i></p> <p>15 Jews and Their Others (New Testament) 245<br /><i>Sandy L. Haney</i></p> <p>16 Rabbis and Their Others 259<br /><i>Mira Beth Wasserman</i></p> <p>17 What is Jewish Law? Jewish Legal Culture and Thought in Antiquity (Fifth Century bce to Seventh Century ce) 277<br /><i>Natalie B. Dohrmann</i></p> <p>18 Arabian Judaism at the Advent of Islam: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Judaism 291<br /><i>Aaron W. Hughes</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Bodies and Genders 305</b></p> <p>19 Sexualities and Il/licit Relationships in Late Ancient Jewish Literatures 307<br /><i>Federico Dal Bo</i></p> <p>20 Embodied Scriptural Practice 323<br /><i>Elizabeth Shanks Alexander</i></p> <p>21 Bodies That Matter: Piety and Sin 339<br /><i>Jane L. Kanarek</i></p> <p>22 Rabbinic Gender: Beyond Male and Female 353<br /><i>Gwynn Kessler</i></p> <p>23 Disability Studies in Jewish Culture in Late Antiquity: Gender, Body, and Violence Amidst Empire 371<br /><i>Julia Watts Belser</i></p> <p>24 Gender, Sex, and Witchcraft in Late Ancient Judaism 391<br /><i>Sara Ronis</i></p> <p><b>Part V Spaces 405</b></p> <p>25 Domestic Spaces 407<br /><i>Meredith J.C. Warren</i></p> <p>26 “Do Not Say ‘I am Poor and Cannot Seek Out Knowledge’”: The House of Study and Education in the Second Temple Period 425<br /><i>Cana Werman</i></p> <p>27 Locating Diaspora Jewish Philanthropy in the Ancient Mediterranean Public Arena 441<br /><i>Shira L. Lander</i></p> <p>28 Sacred Spaces 455<br /><i>Sarit Kattan Gribetz</i></p> <p>29 Jewish Prayer, Liturgy, and Ritual 477<br /><i>Laura S. Lieber</i></p> <p>30 Agriculture and Industry 495<br /><i>John Mandsager</i></p> <p>Index 511</p>
<p><b>Naomi Koltun-Fromm</b> is an Associate Professor of Religion at Haverford College and previous Director of Jewish Studies at Tulane University. She is the author of <i>Hermeneutics of Holiness: Ancient Jewish and Christian Notions of Sexuality and Religious Community</i>.</p> <p><b>Gwynn Kessler</b> is an Associate Professor in the Religion Department and Chair of Interdisciplinary Programs at Swarthmore College. She is the author of <i>Conceiving Israel: The Fetus in Rabbinic Narratives </i>and <i>The Crooked and the Straight: Queer Theory and Rabbinic Literature.</i></p>
<p><b>An innovative approach to the study of ten centuries of Jewish culture and history</b></p> <p><i>A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism</i> explores the Jewish people, their communities, and various manifestations of their religious and cultural expressions from the third century BCE to the seventh century CE. Presenting a collection of 30 original essays written by noted scholars in the field, this companion provides an expansive examination of ancient Jewish life, identity, gender, sacred and domestic spaces, literature, language, and theological questions throughout late ancient Jewish history and historiography.</p> <p>Editors Gwynn Kessler and Naomi Koltun-Fromm situate the volume within Late Antiquity, enabling readers to rethink traditional chronological, geographic, and political boundaries. The <i>Companion </i>incorporates a broad methodology, drawing from social history, material history and culture, and literary studies to consider the diverse forms and facets of Jews and Judaism within multiple contexts of place, culture, and history. Divided into five parts, thematically-organized essays discuss topics including the spaces where Jews lived, worked, and worshiped, Jewish languages and literatures, ethnicities and identities, and questions about gender and the body central to Jewish culture and Judaism. Offering original scholarship and fresh insights on late ancient Jewish history and culture, this unique volume: </p> <ul> <li>Offers a one-volume exploration of “second temple,” “Greco-Roman,” and “rabbinic” periods and sources</li> <li>Explores Jewish life across most of the geographic places where Jews or Judaeans were known to have lived</li> <li>Features original maps of areas cited in every essay, including maps of Jewish settlement throughout Late Antiquity</li> <li>Includes an outline of major historical events, further readings, and full references</li> </ul> <p><i>A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism: 3rd Century BCE - 7th Century CE </i>is a valuable resource for students, instructors, and scholars of Jewish studies, religion, literature, and ethnic identity, as well as general readers with interest in Jewish history, world religions, Classics, and Late Antiquity.</p>

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