The Letter of Barnabas and the Jerusalem Temple
This article examines a short passage in the Letter of Barnabas (16:3-4) which appears to refer to a rumoured, planned, or actual contemporary rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple under Roman auspices. I identify a possible historical context and set the possible attempted reconstruction of the Temple...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2017, Volume: 48, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 531-550 |
| Further subjects: | B
Barnabas
4 Ezra
Jerusalem
temple
colony
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| Summary: | This article examines a short passage in the Letter of Barnabas (16:3-4) which appears to refer to a rumoured, planned, or actual contemporary rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple under Roman auspices. I identify a possible historical context and set the possible attempted reconstruction of the Temple in the framework of Roman policy relating to colonies and indigenous temples. In particular, I reject attempts to date Barnabas from a cryptic apocalyptic quotation (4:4-5), preferring to rely mainly on an apparent reference to 4 Ezra, datable to ca. 100 ce. Combining this approach to dating with a search for possible historical contexts leads me to opt for a Hadrianic date, specifically during the planning of the Roman military colony of Aelia Capitolina, for the actual or, more likely, planned/rumoured reconstruction of the Temple. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0631 |
| Contains: | In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12481176 |