Jewish Identity and Politics Between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba: Groups, Normativity, and Rituals
Based on an interdisciplinary conference held in Münster, this volume discusses the interrelation between political change and Jewish identity in the three centuries between the Maccabean and the Bar Kokhba revolt (168 BCE - 135 CE).
| Résumé: | Based on an interdisciplinary conference held in Münster, this volume discusses the interrelation between political change and Jewish identity in the three centuries between the Maccabean and the Bar Kokhba revolt (168 BCE - 135 CE). Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Yet Another Book on Jewish Identity in Antiquity -- Varieties of Identity in Late Second Temple Judah (200 b.c.e.-135 c.e.) -- The Claim of Maccabean Leadership and the Use of Scripture -- Toilet Practices, Purity Concerns, and Sectarianism in the Late Second Temple Period -- Identity and Alterity in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- "An Idumean, That Is, a Half-Jew" Hasmoneans and Herodians between Ancestry and Merit -- Rise of the Idumeans: Ethnicity and Politics in Herod's Judea -- Die Hasmonäerin Alexandra-Integrationsfigur für den Widerstand gegen den neuen König Herodes? -- "God is with Italy now" Pro-Roman Jews and the Jewish Revolt -- "Herod's Days" and the Development of Jewish and Christian Festivals -- Forbidden Gentile Food in Early Rabbinic Writings -- The Meaning of Circumcision for Strangers in Rabbinic Literature -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors. |
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| ISBN: | 9004218513 |