Jewish Identities in Antiquity

Lee I. Levine (Herausgegeben von) is Professor emeritus of Jewish History and Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Daniel R. Schwartz (Herausgegeben von) Born 1952; 1971 immigrated to Israel; 1979 PhD; since 1979 teaching at Dept. of Jewish History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; since 1995 full professor; since 2011 academic head of Mandel Scholion - Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Humanities and Jewish Studies.

• Daniel R. Schwartz: Menahem Stern (1924-1989): His Place in Historical Scholarship - Lee I. Levine: Jewish Identities in Antiquity: An Introductory Essay - Doron Mendels: Memory and Memories: The Attitude of 1-2 Maccabees toward Hellenization and Hellenism - Oren Tal: Hellenism in Transition from Empire to Kingdom: Changes in the Material Culture of Hellenistic Palestine - David Goodblatt: "The Israelites who reside in Judah" (Judith 4:1): On the Conflicted Identities of the Hasmonean State - Uriel Rappaport: The Connection between Hasmonean Judaea and the Diaspora - Erich S. Gruen: Kinship Relations and Jewish Identity - Sylvie Honigman: Jewish Communities of Hellenistic Egypt: Different Responses to Different Environments - Joseph Geiger: The Jew and the Other: Doubtful and Multiple Identities in the Roman Empire - Albert I. Baumgarten: How Experiments End - Isaiah M. Gafni: Symposium: In the Wake of the Destruction: Was Rabbinic Judaism Normative? - Hillel I. Newman: The Normativity of Rabbinic Judaism: Obstacles on the Path to a New Consensus - Ze'ev Safrai and Chana Safrai: To What Extent Did the Rabbis Determine Public Norms? The Internal Evidence - David Levine: Between Leadership and Marginality: Models for Evaluating the Role of the Rabbis in the Early Centuries CE - Moshe David Herr: The Identity of the Jewish People before and after the Destruction of the Second Temple: Continuity or Change? - Steven D. Fraade: The Temple as a Marker of Jewish Identity Before and After 70 CE: The Role of the Holy Vessels in Rabbinic Memory and Imagination - Lee I. Levine: Forum: Was There a Crisis in Jewish Settlement in the Eastern Galilee of Late Antiquity? - Uzi Leibner: Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Galilee: Implications Regarding the Transformation of Rabbinic Culture in Late Antiquity - Jodi Magness: Did Galilee Experience a Settlement Crisis in the Mid-Fourth Century? - Uzi Leibner: The Settlement Crisis in the Eastern Galilee during the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods: Response to Jodi Magness - Tessa Rajak: The Greek Bible Translations among Jews in the Second Century CE - Isaiah M. Gafni: How Babylonia Became "Zion": Shifting Identities in Late Antiquity - Adiel Schremer: The Christianization of the Roman Empire and Rabbinic Literature - Zeev Weiss: Between Rome and Byzantium: Pagan Motifs in Synagogue Art and Their Place in the Judaeo-Christian Controversy - Oded Irshai: Jewish Violence in the Fourth Century CE - Fantasy and Reality: Behind the Scenes under the Emperors Gallus and Julian