Looking In, Looking Out: Jews and Non-Jews in Mutual Contemplation
Essays for Martin Goodman on His 70th Birthday
Published on 29. November 2023
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Hardback
468 pages
978-90-04-68503-1 (ISBN)
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Martin Goodman's forty years of scholarship in Roman history and ancient Judaism demonstrates how each discipline illuminates the other: Jewish history makes best sense in a broader Greco-Roman context; Roman history has much to learn from Jewish sources and evidence.
In this volume, Martin's colleagues and students follow his example by examining Jews and non-Jews in mutual contemplation. Part 1 explores Jews' views of inter-communal stasis, the causes of the Bar Kochba revolt, tales of Herodian intrigue, and the meaning of "Israel." Part 2 investigates Jews depiction of outsiders: Moabites, Greeks, Arabs, and Roman authorities. Part 3 explores early Christians' (Luke, Jerome, Rufinus, Syriac poetry, Pionius, ordinary individuals) views of Jews and use of Jewish sources, and Josephus's relevance for girls in 19th century Britain.
In this volume, Martin's colleagues and students follow his example by examining Jews and non-Jews in mutual contemplation. Part 1 explores Jews' views of inter-communal stasis, the causes of the Bar Kochba revolt, tales of Herodian intrigue, and the meaning of "Israel." Part 2 investigates Jews depiction of outsiders: Moabites, Greeks, Arabs, and Roman authorities. Part 3 explores early Christians' (Luke, Jerome, Rufinus, Syriac poetry, Pionius, ordinary individuals) views of Jews and use of Jewish sources, and Josephus's relevance for girls in 19th century Britain.
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Language
English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
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821 gr
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978-90-04-68503-1 (9789004685031)
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Kimberley Czajkowski (DPhil 2015) is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the history of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
David A. Friedman (DPhil 2017) is an Affiliated Researcher in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow at Darwin College and St Edmund's College, Cambridge. His research focuses on Jews (especially Josephus) in the Greco-Roman world.
David A. Friedman (DPhil 2017) is an Affiliated Researcher in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, and a Bye-Fellow at Darwin College and St Edmund's College, Cambridge. His research focuses on Jews (especially Josephus) in the Greco-Roman world.
Content
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Contributors
Introduction
?Kimberley Czajkowski and David Friedman
Part 1: Looking In
1 Historiography in the Time of Stasis: Reflections on the Nationalistic Uprisings in Judea/Palestine
?Jonathan Price
2 The Ban on Circumcision as a Cause of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: A Reconsideration
?Aharon Oppenheimer z"l
3 "When I Die, Kill Those Elders": The Twice-Told Tale of a Despot's Death
?Amram Tropper
4 Pitying Suppliant Animals
?Shaye J. D. Cohen
5 Who Are Israel in the Mishnah and Tosefta?
?Yehudah B. Cohn
Part 2: Looking Out
6 Playing with the Moabites: Textual and Linguistic Reflections on Isaiah 15-16
?H. G. M. Williamson
7 Greek Identity in Josephus's Against Apion
?Jonathan Davies
8 Josephus and Nicolaus on Arabs and Arabia
?Daniel R. Schwartz
9 Calendars and Dates in the Early Decades of Provincia Arabia: A Reappraisal
?Sacha Stern
10 The Rule of the Wise as an Alternative to Kingship and Democracy in Ancient Rabbinic and Philosophical Thought
?Catherine Hezser
11 A Tale of Two Cities: Rome and Jerusalem in Jewish Eschatology between 70 CE and 135 CE
?Philip Alexander
Part 3: Looking Back Again
12 Monotheism and Religious Wars in Antiquity
?Benjamin Isaac
13 Did First-Century Asian Jews Live in "Communities"?
?Seth Schwartz
14 Jewish-Christian Polemic in Martyrium Pionii
?William Horbury
15 Friendships between Jews and Christians in Antiquity
?Markus Bockmuehl
16 Jerome, Jews, and "Hebrews"
?Alison G. Salvesen
17 Rufinus of Aquileia's Eusebian Therapeutae: A Monastic Reinterpretation of Philo's De vita contemplativa
?Sabrina Inowlocki
18 Antiochus Proposes, Shmoni Disposes: A Syriac Poem on the Martyrs of 2 Maccabees 7
?Sebastian Brock
19 Josephus for Girls
?Tessa Rajak
Appendix: M. D. Goodman's Publications
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Contributors
Introduction
?Kimberley Czajkowski and David Friedman
Part 1: Looking In
1 Historiography in the Time of Stasis: Reflections on the Nationalistic Uprisings in Judea/Palestine
?Jonathan Price
2 The Ban on Circumcision as a Cause of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: A Reconsideration
?Aharon Oppenheimer z"l
3 "When I Die, Kill Those Elders": The Twice-Told Tale of a Despot's Death
?Amram Tropper
4 Pitying Suppliant Animals
?Shaye J. D. Cohen
5 Who Are Israel in the Mishnah and Tosefta?
?Yehudah B. Cohn
Part 2: Looking Out
6 Playing with the Moabites: Textual and Linguistic Reflections on Isaiah 15-16
?H. G. M. Williamson
7 Greek Identity in Josephus's Against Apion
?Jonathan Davies
8 Josephus and Nicolaus on Arabs and Arabia
?Daniel R. Schwartz
9 Calendars and Dates in the Early Decades of Provincia Arabia: A Reappraisal
?Sacha Stern
10 The Rule of the Wise as an Alternative to Kingship and Democracy in Ancient Rabbinic and Philosophical Thought
?Catherine Hezser
11 A Tale of Two Cities: Rome and Jerusalem in Jewish Eschatology between 70 CE and 135 CE
?Philip Alexander
Part 3: Looking Back Again
12 Monotheism and Religious Wars in Antiquity
?Benjamin Isaac
13 Did First-Century Asian Jews Live in "Communities"?
?Seth Schwartz
14 Jewish-Christian Polemic in Martyrium Pionii
?William Horbury
15 Friendships between Jews and Christians in Antiquity
?Markus Bockmuehl
16 Jerome, Jews, and "Hebrews"
?Alison G. Salvesen
17 Rufinus of Aquileia's Eusebian Therapeutae: A Monastic Reinterpretation of Philo's De vita contemplativa
?Sabrina Inowlocki
18 Antiochus Proposes, Shmoni Disposes: A Syriac Poem on the Martyrs of 2 Maccabees 7
?Sebastian Brock
19 Josephus for Girls
?Tessa Rajak
Appendix: M. D. Goodman's Publications
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects