Saxa judaica loquuntur, Lessons from Early Jewish Inscriptions
Saxa judaica loquuntur, Lessons from Early Jewish Inscriptions

Author: Pieter W. van der Horst

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-10-23

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9004283234

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In Saxa judaica loquuntur (‘Jewish stones speak out’), Pieter W. van der Horst informs the reader about the recent boom in the study of ancient Jewish epigraphy and he demonstrates what kinds of new information this development yields. After sketching the status quaestionis, this book exemplifies the relevance of early Jewish inscriptions by means of a study of Judaism in Asia Minor on the basis of epigraphic material. It also highlights several areas of research for which this material provides us with insights that the Jewish literary sources do not grant us. Furthermore, the book contains a selection of some 50 inscriptions, in both their original languages and English translation with explanatory notes.

The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire
The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire

Author: James K. Aitken

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-20

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1316060551

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The Jewish-Greek tradition represents an arguably distinctive strand of Judaism characterized by use of the Greek language and interest in Hellenism. This volume traces the Jewish encounter with Greek culture from the earliest points of contact in antiquity to the end of the Byzantine Empire. It honors Nicholas de Lange, whose distinguished work brought recognition to an undeservedly neglected field, in part by dispelling the common belief that Jewish-Greek culture largely disappeared after 100 CE. The authors examine literature, archaeology, and biblical translations, such as the Septuagint, in order to illustrate the substantial exchange of language and ideas. The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire demonstrates the enduring significance of the tradition and will be an essential handbook for anyone interested in Jewish studies, biblical studies, ancient and Byzantine history, or the Greek language.

Jewish Childhood in the Roman World
Jewish Childhood in the Roman World

Author: Hagith Sivan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-17

Total Pages: 924

ISBN-13: 1108685110

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This is the first full treatment of Jewish childhood in the Roman world. It follows minors into the spaces where they lived, learned, played, slept, and died and examines the actions and interaction of children with other children, with close-kin adults, and with strangers, both inside and outside the home. A wide range of sources are used, from the rabbinic rules to the surviving painted representations of children from synagogues, and due attention is paid to broader theoretical issues and approaches. Hagith Sivan concludes with four beautifully reconstructed 'autobiographies' of specific children, from a boy living and dying in a desert cave during the Bar-Kokhba revolt to an Alexandrian girl forced to leave her home and wander through the Mediterranean in search of a respite from persecution. The book tackles the major questions of the relationship between Jewish childhood and Jewish identity which remain important to this day.

Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles
Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles

Author: Ashley Bacchi

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-04-28

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9004426078

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In Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline oracles, Ashley L. Bacchi reclaims the importance of the Sibyl as a female voice of prophecy and reveals new layers of intertextual references that address political, cultural, and religious dialogue in second-century Ptolemaic Egypt. This investigation stands apart from prior examinations by reorienting the discussion around the desirability of the pseudonym to an issue of gender. It questions the impact of identifying the author’s message with a female prophetic figure and challenges the previous identification of paraphrased Greek oracles and their function within the text. Verses previously seen as anomalous are transferred from the role of Greek subterfuge of Jewish identity to offering nuanced support of monotheistic themes.

Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters
Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters

Author: Matthias Henze

Publisher: SBL Press

Published: 2020-11-29

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 0884144828

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An essential resource for scholars and students Since the publication of the first edition of Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters in 1986, the field of early Judaism has exploded with new data, the publication of additional texts, and the adoption of new methods. This new edition of the classic resource honors the spirit of the earlier volume and focuses on the scholarly advances in the past four decades that have led to the study of early Judaism becoming an academic discipline in its own right. Essays written by leading scholars in the study of early Judaism fall into four sections: historical and social settings; methods, manuscripts, and materials; early Jewish literatures; and the afterlife of early Judaism.

Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire
Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire

Author: Raúl González-Salinero

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9004507256

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Even though relations between the Jewish people and the Roman state were sometimes strained to the point of warfare and bloodshed, Jewish military service between the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE is attested by multiple sources.

Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South
Local Self-Governance in Antiquity and in the Global South

Author: Dominique Krüger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2022-12-31

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 3110798328

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The nucleus of society is situated at the local level: in the village, the neighborhood, the city district. This is where a community first develops collective rules that are intended to ensure its continued existence. The contributors look at such configurations in geographical areas and time periods that lie outside of the modern Western world with its particular development of society and statehood: in Antiquity and in the Global South of the present. Here states tend to be weak, with obvious challenges and opportunities for local communities. How does governance in this context work? Scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Theology, Political Science, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Human Geography, Sinology) analyze different kinds of local arrangements in case studies, and they do so with a comparative approach. The sixteen papers examine the scope and spatial contingency of forms of self-governance; its legitimization and the collective identity of the groups behind them; the relations to different levels of state governance as well as to other local groups. Overall, this volume makes an interdisciplinary contribution to a better understanding of fundamental elements of local governance and statehood.

Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 14
Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, Volume 14

Author: Stanley E. Porter

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1532691858

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Volume 14 2018 This is the fourteenth volume of the hard-copy edition of a journal that has been published online (www.jgrchj.net) since 2000. As they appear, the hard-copy editions replace the online materials. The scope of JGRChJ is the texts, language and cultures of the Greco-Roman world of early Christianity and Judaism. The papers published in JGRChJ are designed to pay special attention to the larger picture of politics, culture, religion and language, engaging as well with modern theoretical approaches.

Luke Was Not A Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts within Judaism
Luke Was Not A Christian: Reading the Third Gospel and Acts within Judaism

Author: Joshua Paul Smith

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-12-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9004684727

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In this volume Joshua Paul Smith challenges the long-held assumption that Luke and Acts were written by a gentile, arguing instead that the author of these texts was educated and enculturated within a Second-Temple Jewish context. Advancing from a consciously interdisciplinary perspective, Smith considers the question of Lukan authorship from multiple fronts, including reception history and social memory theory, literary criticism, and the emerging discipline of cognitive sociolinguistics. The result is an alternative portrait of Luke the Evangelist, one who sees the mission to the gentiles not as a supersession of Jewish law and tradition, but rather as a fulfillment and expansion of Israel’s own salvation history.

The First Urban Churches 3
The First Urban Churches 3

Author: James R. Harrison

Publisher: SBL Press

Published: 2018-02-23

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0884142353

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Investigate the challenges, threats, and opportunities experienced by the early church in Ephesus The third installment of The First Urban Churches focuses on the urban context of Christian churches in first-century Ephesus. As with previous volumes, contributors illustrate how an investigation of the material evidence will help readers understand properly the challenges, threats, and opportunities that the early Ephesian believers faced in that city. Brad Bitner, James R. Harrison, Michael Haxby, Fredrick J. Long, Guy M. Rogers, Michael Theophilos, Paul Trebilco, and Stephan Witetschek demonstrate decisively the difference that such an approach makes in grappling with the meaning and context of the New Testament writings, particularly Ephesians, Acts, and Revelation. Features Analysis of urban evidence of the inscriptions, papyri, archaeological remains, coins, and iconography Proposed reconstructions of the past and its social, religious and political significance A nuanced, informed portrait of ancient urban life in Ephesus