Toledot Yeshu ("The Life Story of Jesus") Revisited
Toledot Yeshu (

Author: Yaacov Deutsch

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 9783161517716

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HauptbeschreibungOne of the most controversial books in history, Toledot Yeshu recounts the life story of Jesus from a negative and anti-Christian perspective. It ascribes to Jesus an illegitimate birth, a theft of the Ineffable Name of God, heretical activities, and, finally, a disgraceful death. Perhaps for centuries, the Toledot Yeshu circulated orally until it coalesced into various literary forms. Although the dates of these written compositions remain obscure, some early hints of a Jewish counter-history of Jesus can be found in the works of pagan and Christian authors of Late Antiquit.

Toledot Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus
Toledot Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus

Author: Michael Meerson

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2014-11-19

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9783161534812

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This database supplements our critical edition and presents the full texts of all the available Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts.

Rereading the Mishnah
Rereading the Mishnah

Author: Judith Hauptman

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9783161487132

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Judith Hauptman argues that the Tosefta, a collection dating from approximately the same time period as the Mishnah and authored by the same rabbis, is not later than the Mishnah, as its name suggests, but earlier. The Redactor of the Mishnah drew upon an old Mishnah and its associated supplement, the Tosefta, when composing his work. He reshaped, reorganized and abbreviated these materials in order to make them accord with his own legislative outlook. It is possible to compare the earlier and the later texts and to determine, case by case, the agenda of the Redactor. According to the author's theory it is also possible to trace the evolution of Jewish law, practice, and ideas. When the Mishnah is seen as later than the Tosefta, it becomes clear that the Redactor inserted numerous mnemonic devices into his work to assist in transmission. The synoptic gospels may have undergone a similar kind of editing.

Early Christian Voices
Early Christian Voices

Author: David Warren

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9004495568

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This collection of studies in honor of François Bovon highlights the rich diversity found within early expressions of Christianity as evidenced in ancient texts, in early traditions and movements, and in archaic symbols and motifs.

Israel Constructs its History
Israel Constructs its History

Author: Albert de Pury

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 0567224155

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The thesis that the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings have undergone a redaction that made them into a 'Deuteronomistic History' has become since Martin Noth (1943) a widely accepted idea in Old Testament scholarship. But there is no consensus when this history was edited: under Josiah (622 BCE), during the exile (c. 560 BCE) or even later? And what was the intention of its redactors? Can we rely on the so-called Deuteronomistic History for the reconstruction of Israelite history? Or should we give up the thesis of a Deuteronomic redaction of the Former Prophets? This volume explores these and many other questions about this key topic in Old Testament scholarship. It results from a research seminar organized by the Swiss universities of Fribourg, Geneva, NeuchGtel and Lausanne. It contains contributions by the following scholars: R. Albertz, J. Briend, M. Detienne, W. Dietrich, J.J. Glassner, S. Japhet, E.A. Knauf, A.D.H. Mayes, S.L. McKenzie, S. Pisano, M. Rose, A. Schenker, F. Smyth, A. de Pury and T. R÷mer. Articles in French were translared by J. Edward Crowley

Reading Isaiah
Reading Isaiah

Author: Edgar W. Conrad

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2002-08-26

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1592440274

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