The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 2; Volume 4
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.
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Contents
Introduction I
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11 |
Political social and economic life in the Land
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23 |
The Diaspora from 66 to c 235 CE 53 33333
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53 |
The uprisings in the Jewish Diaspora 116117
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93 |
The Bar Kochba Revolt 132135
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105 |
The legal status of the Jews in the Roman Empire
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128 |
Jewish art and architecture in the Land of Israel 70c 235
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174 |
its meaning
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191 |
Rabbinic prayer in late antiquity
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573 |
Rabbinic views on marriage sexuality and the family
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612 |
Women in Jewish life and law
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627 |
Gentiles in rabbinic thought
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647 |
The formation and character of the Jerusalem Talmud
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663 |
The late midrashic paytanic and targumic literature
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678 |
Jewish magic in late antiquity
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699 |
Jewish folk literature in late antiquity
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721 |
The origins and development of the rabbinic movement
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206 |
The canonical process
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230 |
The beginnings of Christian antiJudaism 70c 235
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244 |
The Mishnah
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299 |
The Tosefta
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316 |
Midrash Halachah
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336 |
an introductory survey
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369 |
The political and social history of the Jewish community
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404 |
The material realities of Jewish life in the Land of Israel
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431 |
Aramaic in late antiquity
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457 |
The Diaspora c 235638
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492 |
art architecture
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519 |
Jewish festivals in late antiquity
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556 |
Early forms of Jewish mysticism
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749 |
The political social and economic history of Babylonian
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792 |
The history of the Babylonian academies
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821 |
The formation and character of the Babylonian Talmud
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840 |
a jurisprudential perspective
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877 |
the theology of learning
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899 |
Man sin and redemption in rabbinic Judaism
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925 |
blessings body
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946 |
polemics and policies
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977 |
Jews in Byzantium
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1035 |
Messianism and apocalypticism in rabbinic texts
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1053 |
Justinian and the revision of Jewish legal status
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