The Traditions of Eleazar Ben Azariah

The Traditions of Eleazar Ben Azariah
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Publisher : Zohar Media
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9780891300953
ISBN-13 : 0891300953
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Traditions of Eleazar Ben Azariah by : Tzvee Zahavy

Rewriting Ancient Jewish History

Rewriting Ancient Jewish History
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9781317247081
ISBN-13 : 1317247086
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Rewriting Ancient Jewish History by : Amram Tropper

Half a century ago, the primary contours of the history of the Jews in Roman times were not subject to much debate. This standard account collapsed, however, when a handful of insights undermined the traditional historical method, the method long enlisted by historians for eliciting facts from sources. In response to these insights, a new historical method gradually emerged. Rewriting Ancient Jewish History critiques the traditional historical method and makes a case for the new one, illustrating how to write anew ancient Jewish history. At the heart of the traditional historical method lie three fundamental presumptions. The traditional historical method regularly presumes that multiple versions of a text or tradition are equally authentic; it presumes that many ancient Jewish sources are the products of largely immanent forces of cloistered Jewish communities; and, barring any local grounds for suspicion, it presumes that most ancient Jewish texts faithfully reflect their sources and reliably recount events. Rewriting Ancient Jewish History unfurls the failings of this approach; it promotes the new historical method which circumvents the flawed traditional presumptions while plotting anew the limits of rational argumentation in historical inquiry. This crucial reappraisal is a must-read for students of Jewish and Roman history alike, and a fascinating case-study in how historians should approach their ancient sources.

In God's Image

In God's Image
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781107063273
ISBN-13 : 1107063272
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis In God's Image by : Yair Lorberbaum

Reconstructs the idea of the creation of man in the image of God attributed in the Midrash and the Talmud.

To Fix Torah in Their Hearts

To Fix Torah in Their Hearts
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Publisher : Hebrew Union College Press
Total Pages : 541
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ISBN-10 : 9780878201655
ISBN-13 : 0878201653
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis To Fix Torah in Their Hearts by : Jaqueline S. Du Toit

In this volume, students of beloved teacher B. Barry Levy come together to honor his erudition, superb pedagogy, kindness, and verve, with a collection of essays that reflect Levy's wide range of interest and expertise. Levy, sensitive to the meaning of a text for its original and intended audience, but also to how that meaning changes and develops over the course of years of interpretation, gave his students the broadest education in the evolving context of biblical study. This expansive focus is evident in the essays included in this book. From a study of astronomical observations in the ancient Near East, to an exploration of the excesses of obedience and sacrifice as recounted in the stories of Abraham and Isaac and the Buddhist Vessantara Jataka, from Talmud, to modern Bibles for children, to the evolution of the Dead Sea Scrolls from text and artifact to sacred object, To Fix Torah in Their Hearts is a diverse and engaging collection, of value to scholars and general readers alike.

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 1178
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ISBN-10 : 0521772486
ISBN-13 : 9780521772488
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period by : William David Davies

This fourth volume covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam.

Scripture and Tradition

Scripture and Tradition
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780812246438
ISBN-13 : 0812246438
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Scripture and Tradition by : Azzan Yadin-Israel

"This is a book in rabbinics. It looks at the Rabbi Akiva school of interpetation with respect to Sifra, which comprises the midrashim on Leviticus"--

When Judaism and Christianity Began. Vol. 2

When Judaism and Christianity Began. Vol. 2
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9789004531512
ISBN-13 : 9004531513
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis When Judaism and Christianity Began. Vol. 2 by : Alan Avery-Peck

In these volumes, top scholars in the study of religion celebrate the enduring heritage in learning bequeathed to coming generations by Anthony J. Saldarini (1941-2001). Twenty-nine commemorative essays focus on the topical areas of formative Christianity and Judaism to which Dr. Saldarini devoted his efforts: earliest Christianity, with special attention to the Gospels; Judaism in late antiquity; and the interchange between Judaism and Christianity then and now. So too the disciplines represented in these pages match his history (including archaeology), literature, religion, and theology. Recognizing the standards of learning set by Dr. Saldarini in all of these areas, the colleagues represented in these volumes memorialize him by following in the model he set, of meeting the highest standards of the diverse fields that intersect in the study of Judaic and Christian antiquity. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004136595).

Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period

Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9781134615629
ISBN-13 : 1134615620
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Judaic Religion in the Second Temple Period by : Lester L. Grabbe

The developments in Judaism during the Second Temple period remain important to contemporary Jewish religion. This volume provides a much needed encyclopedic study of the period. Includes bibliographies, cross-references and summaries.

History of the Jews

History of the Jews
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Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages : 650
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ISBN-10 : 9781605209517
ISBN-13 : 1605209511
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis History of the Jews by : Heinrich Graetz

A landmark work of Jewish history and a worldwide phenomenon when it was first published, this masterpiece of Jewish history was translated in multiple languages and instantly become the de facto standard in the field. German academic HEINRICH GRAETZ (1817-1891) brings a sympathetic Jewish perspective to the story of his own people, offering readers today an affectionate, passionate history, not a detached, clinical one. Backed by impeccable scholarship and originally published in German across 11 volumes between 1853 and 1875, this six-volume English-language edition was abridged under the direction of the author, and brought to American readers by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1891. It remains an important work of the study of the Jewish religion and people to this day. Volume VI contains the index for the entire series, including tables of Jewish history and a comprehensive listing of characters, subjects, and maps. It also features a memoir of the author.

History of the Jews

History of the Jews
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 688
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015021930634
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Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis History of the Jews by : Heinrich Graetz