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Apocalyptic and Merkavah Mysticism
Second, Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2014
2752 kr
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This is a new and revised edition of the book first published 1980. It contains new introductory and concluding chapters as well as a Bibliography and updated Index. Furthermore, substantial corrections, updates, and changes have been made in the original text. The changes concern matters of …
Die Apostelgeschichte und die hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung
Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Geburtstag
Av Cilliers Breytenbach, Prof. dr. Jens Schröter
Inbunden, 2004
3764 kr
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This volume - a Festschrift in honour of the renowned Acts-scholar Eckhard Plümacher - contains thirteen articles on Luke's Acts of the Apostles. Presented are essays concerning Luke's language and style (Alexander, Koch, Steyn, Victor), the literary and historiographical technique applied in Acts …
Writing the Wayward Wife
Rabbinic Interpretations of Sotah
Inbunden, 2005
2681 kr
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Writing the Wayward Wife is a study of rabbinic interpretations of sotah, the law concerning the woman suspected of adultery (Numbers 5:11-31). The focus of the book is on interpretations of sotah in tannaitic and amoraic texts: the Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash Halakhah, Midrash Aggadah, and the …
Judaism in the Roman World
Collected Essays
Inbunden, 2006
2400 kr
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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 …
Studies in Josephus and the Varieties of Ancient Judaism
Louis H. Feldman Jubilee Volume
Av Shaye J.D. Cohen, Joshua J. Schwartz
Inbunden, 2006
2744 kr
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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 …
Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World
Jüdische Identität in der griechisch-römischen Welt
Av Jörg Frey, Daniel R. Schwartz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
3495 kr
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The articles discuss various aspects of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman period. Was there a common ‘Jewish’ identity, and how could it be defined? How could different groups develop and maintain their identity within the challenge of Hellenistic and early Roman culture? What about the images of …
Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima
Caput Judaeae, Metropolis Palaestinae
Inbunden, 2011
3962 kr
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Caesarea Maritima, the capital of the Roman province of Judaea / Palaestina, was founded in 10/9 BCE by Herod the Great to serve as an administrative and economic center. It was named after his Roman patron Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor. The book, well illustrated, presents the results …
Sibyllinische Orakel 1-2: Studien und Kommentar
Av Olaf Waßmuth
Inbunden, 2010
4134 kr
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Buch 1 und 2 bilden innerhalb der disparaten Sammlung der antiken Sibyllinischen Orakel ein zusammenhängendes Werk: eine historische Apokalypse, die den Bogen von der Schöpfung bis in die eschatologische Goldene Zeit spannt und dabei biblische und heidnische Mythologie harmonisiert. Die vorliegende …
Studies in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity
Text and Context
Av Dan Jaffé
Inbunden, 2010
2464 kr
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The question of the origins of Christianity is a theme still discussed in historical research. This book investigates the relations between the Rabbinic Judaism and the Primitive Christianity. It studies the factors of influences, the polemics in the texts and factors of mutual conceptions between …
Kaiphas. Der Hohepriester jenes Jahres
Geschichte und Deutung
Inbunden, 2010
3939 kr
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The high priest Caiaphas is one of the important figures in biblical history who received little attention or sympathy in the judgement of posterity. Since the time of the old church the highest representative of the Jewish society in the time of Jesus was assessed as a wicked enemy of Jesus and …
Was 70 CE a Watershed in Jewish History?
On Jews and Judaism before and after the Destruction of the Second Temple
Av Daniel R. Schwartz, Zeev Weiss
Inbunden, 2011
3821 kr
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The destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE, which put an end to sacrificial worship in Israel, is usually assumed to constitute a major caesura in Jewish history. But how important was it? What really changed due to 70? What, in contrast, was already changing before 70 or remained …
Martyriumsvorstellungen in Antike und Mittelalter
Leben oder sterben für Gott?
Av Sebastian Fuhrmann, Regina Grundmann
Inbunden, 2012
2791 kr
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Concepts of voluntary death and martyrdom versus the ideal of preserving human life are an essential component of the Ethics of the Abrahamite religions throughout their history. The studies collected in this volume focus on concepts of voluntary death and martyrdom in the Hebrew Bible, Second …
Reflections on the Early Christian History of Religion - Erwägungen zur frühchristlichen Religionsgeschichte
Av Cilliers Breytenbach, Jörg Frey
Inbunden, 2012
2870 kr
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Reflections on the Early Christian History of Religion documents the results of two recent workshops on Martin Hengel's and Maria Schwemer's first volume of first volume of Geschichte des frühen Christentums (Jesus und das Judentum [title of vol. 1], Tübingen 2007) and Larry Hurtado's Lord Jesus …
Paul and the Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions
Inbunden, 2012
2808 kr
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In Paul and The Restoration of Humanity in Light of Ancient Jewish Traditions, Aaron Sherwood questions the assumption of universalism in Pauline thought, and finds instead that relevant Pauline traditions depict a partly restricted and particularly Israelite restoration of humanity. This important …
Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature
A Legend Reinvented
Inbunden, 2013
2476 kr
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In Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature: A Legend Reinvented, Amram Tropper investigates the rabbinic traditions about Simeon the Righteous, a renowned Jewish leader of Second Temple times. Tropper not only interprets these traditions from a literary perspective but also deploys a relatively …
Jewish Leadership in Roman Palestine from 70 C.E. to 135 C.E.
Av Junghwa Choi
Inbunden, 2013
2531 kr
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Reconstructing Jewish socio-political leadership of the late Second Temple and Talmudic periods, this book suggests that the period between two great revolts is the best period to study leadership dynamics. Prior to the emergence of the rabbinic leadership, biblically modelled leadership was still …
Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome
From Hostage to Historian
Inbunden, 2014
2531 kr
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In Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome William den Hollander places under the microscope the Judaean historian's own account of the latter part of his life, following his first encounters with the Romans. Episodes of Josephus' life, such as his embassy to Rome prior to the outbreak of the …
Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia
Inbunden, 2014
3274 kr
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In this book various authors explore how rabbinic traditions that were formulated in the Land of Israel migrated to Jewish study houses in Babylonia. The authors demonstrate how the new location and the unique literary character of the Babylonian Talmud combine to create new and surprising texts …
Studies in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Inbunden, 2014
2752 kr
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Over the past 45 years Professor Pieter W. van der Horst contributed extensively to the study of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. The 24 papers in this volume, written since his early retirement in 2006, cover a wide range of topics, all of them concerning the religious world of Judaism and …
Revealed Wisdom
Studies in Apocalyptic in honour of Christopher Rowland
Inbunden, 2014
3065 kr
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A collection of twenty-one essays clustered around the theme of apocalyptic—revelations of hitherto undisclosed divine mysteries to human seers, either directly or through the mediation of an interpreting angel. Preliminary essays on the Book of Job, Messianism, and apocalyptic ethics are followed …
Rezeption und Wirkung des Dekalogs in jüdischen und christlichen Schriften bis 200 n.Chr.
Inbunden, 2016
3339 kr
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J. Cornelis de Vos examines the impact and reception of the Decalogue up to 200 CE, scrutinizing the versions of the Decalogue, and the history of the Decalogue in ancient Jewish writings, the New Testament, and early Christian writings. Almost all texts show an interconnection of identity and …
Jewish Education from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Studies in Honour of Philip S. Alexander
Av George J. Brooke, Renate Smithuis
Inbunden, 2017
3130 kr
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In Jewish Education from Antiquity to the Middle Ages fifteen scholars offer specialist studies on Jewish education from the areas of their expertise. This tightly themed volume in honour of Philip S. Alexander has some essays that look at individual manuscripts, some that consider larger literary …
Authority and Identity in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece
Av Cilliers Breytenbach, Julien M. Ogereau
Inbunden, 2018
2518 kr
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This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their identity and authority in various socio-cultural contexts in Asia Minor and Greece in the first five centuries CE. With the help of the database Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG), special attention …
Sources and Interpretation in Ancient Judaism
Studies for Tal Ilan at Sixty
Av Meron Piotrkowski, Geoffrey Herman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2518 kr
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Sources and Interpretation in Ancient Judaism: Studies for Tal Ilan at Sixty, a collection of studies by 14 scholars, is designed to honor an outstanding scholar in the field of Ancient Judaism, Tal Ilan. These studies reflect realms within the broad field of Ancient Judaism that are central to …
Ancient Readers and their Scriptures
Engaging the Hebrew Bible in Early Judaism and Christianity
Av Garrick Allen, John Anthony Dunne
Inbunden, 2018
2218 kr
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Ancient Readers and their Scriptures explores the various ways that ancient Jewish and Christian writers engaged with and interpreted the Hebrew Bible in antiquity, focusing on physical mechanics of rewriting and reuse, modes of allusion and quotation, texts and text forms, text collecting, and the …
Israel in Egypt: The Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period
Inbunden, 2020
3130 kr
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In Israel in Egypt scholars in different fields explore what can be known of the experiences of the many and varied Jewish communities in Egypt, from biblical sources to the medieval world. For generations of Jews from antiquity to the medieval period, the land of Egypt represented both a place of …
Early Christianity in Athens, Attica, and Adjacent Areas
From Paul to Justinian I (1st–6th cent. AD)
Av Cilliers Breytenbach, Elli Tzavella
Inbunden, 2022
2831 kr
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This volume focuses on Christianity in Attica and its metropolis, Athens, from Paul’s initial visit in the first century up to the closing of the philosophical schools under the reign of Justinian I in the sixth century. Underscoring the relevance of epigraphic resources and the importance of …
Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity
Characters and Characteristics
Inbunden, 2022
2400 kr
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For Jews and Christians in Antiquity beliefs about demons were integral to their reflections on fundamental theological questions, but what kind of ‘being’ did they consider demons to be? To what extent were they thought to be embodied? Were demons thought of as physical entities or merely as …
Jews and Christians in the Roman World
From Historical Method to Cases
Av Steve Mason
Inbunden, 2023
3300 kr
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Roman Judaea, Christian origins, and Roman-Judaean-Christian relations are flourishing fields of endless fascination. Amid the flurry of new research, however, which uses ever new methods in the humanities and social sciences, basic questions about what happened and how people then understood …
Christians of Phrygia from Rome to the Turkish Conquest
Inbunden, 2023
2804 kr
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The towns and villages of Phrygia, a predominantly rural region of inner Asia Minor, provide richer documentation of their early Christian communities than any other part of the Roman empire. This includes the earliest lengthy Christian funerary text, coin types depicting Noah and the Flood …
