The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 2; Volume 4

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William David Davies, Louis Finkelstein
Cambridge University Press, 1989 - Jews
"Ntroduction Steven J. Katz; 1. Social, political and economic life in the land of Israel, 70-c.235 Seth Schwartz; 2. The Diaspora from 66-c.235: (a) The Jews in Egypt and Cyrenaica, 66-c.235 Allen Kerkeslager; (b) Jews in Carthage and western north Africa, 70-c.235 Claudia Setzer; (c) The Jews in Asia Minor, 70-c.235 Paul Trebilco; (d) The Jews in Babylonia, 70-c.235 David Goldblatt; 3. The uprising in the Jewish Diaspora, 115-117 Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev; 4. The Bar Kochba Revolt, 132-135 Hanan Eshel; 5. The legal status of Jews in the Roman empire Amnon Linder; 6. Jewish art and architecture in the land of Israel, 70-c.235 Eric M. Meyers; 7. The destruction of the Jerusalem temple: its meaning and its consequences Robert Goldenberg; 8. The origins and development of the rabbinic movement in the land of Israel Hayim Lapin; 9. The canonical process James A. Sanders; 10. The beginnings of Christian anti-Judaism, 70-c.235 Peter Richardson; 11. The rabbinic response to Christianity Steven T. Katz; 12. The Mishnah David Kraemer; 13. The Tosefta Paul Mandel; 14. Midrash Halachah Jay M. Harris; 15. Mishnaic Hebrew Moshe Bar-Asher; 16. The political and social history of the Jewish community in the land of Israel, c.235-638 David Goldblatt; 17. The material realities of Jewish life in the land of Israel, 235-c.638 Joshua J. Schwartz; 18. Aramaic in late antiquity Yochanan Breuer; 19. The Diaspora c.235-638: (a) The Jews of Italy, c.235-638 Leonard Victor Rutgers; (b) The Jews of Spain, c.235-638 Scott Bradbury; 20. Jewish archaeology in late antiquity: art, architecture and inscriptions Lee Levine; 21. Jewish festivals in late antiquity Joseph Tabory; 22. Rabbinic prayer in late antiquity Reuven Kimelman; 23. Rabbinic views on marriage, sexuality and the family Michael L. Satlow; 24. Women in Jewish life and law Tal Ilan; 25. Gentiles in rabbinic thought David Novak; 26. The formation and character of the Jerusalem Talmud Leib Moscovitz; 27. Late Midrashic Paytanic and Targumic literature Avigdor Shinan; 28. Jewish magic in late antiquity Michael D. Swartz; 29. Jewish folk literature in late antiquity Eli Yassif; 30. Early forms of Jewish mysticism Rachel Elior; 31. The political, social and economic history of Babylonian Jewry, c.235-638 Isaiah M. Gafni; 32. The history of Babylonian academics David Goldblatt; 33. The formation and character of the Babylonian Talmud Richard Kalmin; 34. Talmudic law: a jurisprudential perspective Hanina Ben Menahem; 35. Torah in rabbinic thought: the theology of learning Marc Hirshman; 36. Man, sin and redemption in rabbinic thought Steven T. Katz; 37. The rabbinic theology of the physical: blessings, body and soul, resurrection, covenant and election Reuven Kimelman; 38. Christian anti-Judaism: polemics and politics Paula Fredriksen and Oded Irshai; 39. Jews in Byzantium Steven Bowman; Appendix A: Justinian and the revision of Jewish legal status Alfredo Mordechai Rabello; 40. Messianism and apocalypticism in rabbinic texts Lawrence H. Schiffma.
 

Contents

Introduction I
11
Political social and economic life in the Land
23
The Diaspora from 66 to c 235 CE 53 33333
53
The uprisings in the Jewish Diaspora 116117
93
The Bar Kochba Revolt 132135
105
The legal status of the Jews in the Roman Empire
128
Jewish art and architecture in the Land of Israel 70c 235
174
its meaning
191
Rabbinic prayer in late antiquity
573
Rabbinic views on marriage sexuality and the family
612
Women in Jewish life and law
627
Gentiles in rabbinic thought
647
The formation and character of the Jerusalem Talmud
663
The late midrashic paytanic and targumic literature
678
Jewish magic in late antiquity
699
Jewish folk literature in late antiquity
721

The origins and development of the rabbinic movement
206
The canonical process
230
The beginnings of Christian antiJudaism 70c 235
244
The Mishnah
299
The Tosefta
316
Midrash Halachah
336
an introductory survey
369
The political and social history of the Jewish community
404
The material realities of Jewish life in the Land of Israel
431
Aramaic in late antiquity
457
The Diaspora c 235638
492
art architecture
519
Jewish festivals in late antiquity
556
Early forms of Jewish mysticism
749
The political social and economic history of Babylonian
792
The history of the Babylonian academies
821
The formation and character of the Babylonian Talmud
840
a jurisprudential perspective
877
the theology of learning
899
Man sin and redemption in rabbinic Judaism
925
blessings body
946
polemics and policies
977
Jews in Byzantium
1035
Messianism and apocalypticism in rabbinic texts
1053
Justinian and the revision of Jewish legal status
1073
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