Jewish Identity and Politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba ：Groups, Normativity, and Rituals ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Groups, Normativity, and Rituals

Publication series ：1

Author： Eckhardt   Benedikt  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9789004218512

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004210462

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004210462

Subject： K18 National Shi

Keyword： 宗教

Language： ENG

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Description

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).

Chapter

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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