The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2020
557 pages
978-3-16-158728-3 (ISBN)
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1986 Promotion in Ev. Theologie in Heidelberg mit Schwerpunkt Neues Testament; 1992 Promotion in Jewish Studies am Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; 1997 Habilitation an der FU Berlin; seit 2005 Professorin für Jewish Studies an der School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) der University of London.
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1986 Promotion in Ev. Theologie in Heidelberg mit Schwerpunkt Neues Testament; 1992 Promotion in Jewish Studies am Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; 1997 Habilitation an der FU Berlin; seit 2005 Professorin für Jewish Studies an der School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) der University of London.
Content
- Cover
- Titel
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Previous Scholarship
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Outline of This Study
- Part I: Who Was a Rabbi? - Defining the Boundaries of the Rabbinic Movement
- 1. Origins of the Rabbinic Movement
- A. The Pre-70 Usage of the Address "Rabbi"
- B. The Lack of Rabbinic Evidence for a Pre-70 Usage of the Title "Rabbi"
- C. Priestly and Sectarian Origins of the Rabbinic Movement
- 2. Recruitment to Rabbinic Circles
- A. Ordination and Appointment
- B. Rabbinic Succession
- 3. Recognition As a Rabbi
- A. Ambiguity Over the Title
- B. The Lack of the Title for Some Post-70 Sages
- C. Epigraphical Rabbis
- D. Outward Signs of Being a Rabbi?
- E. Awareness of Being a Sage
- F. Outside Perspective
- 4. Expulsion From Rabbinic Circles
- 5. The Boundaries of the Rabbinic Movement
- Part II: Relationships Amongst Rabbis - The Rabbinic Movement As a Personal Alliance System
- 1. Geographical Distribution of the Rabbinic Movement
- A. City Versus Countryside
- B. Mobility
- C. Decentralization
- D. Local Rabbis
- 2. Was the Rabbinic Movement Institutionalized?
- A. The Sanhedrin or Central Rabbinic Court
- B. The Academy
- C. The Synagogue
- D. The Geonic Yeshiva
- 3. An Informal Network of Relationships
- A. Informal Meetings
- B. Indirect Contacts
- C. Network Theory
- D. The Rabbinic Movement As a Network
- 4. Conflicts and Agreements
- A. Conflicts
- B. Agreements
- C. Social Basis
- 5. Status Differences Amongst Rabbis
- A. Status Differences Based On Torah Learning
- B. Status Differences Based On Social Status
- C. Status Differences Based On Priestly Status
- D. Status Differences Based On Public Offices
- E. Status Differences Based On Patriarchal Affiliation
- F. Status Differences Based On "Charismatic" Authority
- G. Status Differences Based On Geographical Aspects
- H. The Usage of the Adjectives ????/??? Versus ???/?????
- 6. Alliances and Subgroups
- A. Houses
- B. Associations
- C. Types of Alliances
- 7. The Rabbinic Network As a Personal Alliance System
- Part III: Rabbis and Other Jews - Patronage and Personal Following
- 1. Rabbis and Students
- A. Students' Functions vis-à-vis Their Teachers
- B. Teachers' Functions vis-à-vis Their Students
- C. The Relationship Between Teachers and Students
- D. Students' Relationship Toward Each Other
- 2. Rabbis and Community
- A. Allegiance
- B. Disregard
- C. Hostility
- D. Rabbinic Attitudes Towards Communal Work
- 3. Rabbis and the Patriarch
- A. The Status of the Patriarch
- B. The Patriarch As Patron of Some Rabbis
- C. Rabbis' Disregard of and Hostility Against the Patriarch
- D. (Rabbis and) the Patriarch As Client(s) of Rome
- 4. The Basis and Means of Rabbis' Authority
- A. Personal and Role-Related Authority
- B. Protests, Curses, Threats of Excommunication and Divine Punishment
- 5. Rabbis' Competitors
- A. Scribes
- B. Judges
- C. Priests
- Summary
- 1. The Boundaries of the Rabbinic Movement
- 2. The Rabbinic Movement As a Personal Alliance System
- 3. Patronage and Personal Following
- Bibliography
- 1. Text Editions, Manuscripts, and Inscriptions
- 2. Concordances and Dictionaries
- 3. Modern Authors
- Index of References
- 1. Bible
- 2. Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha
- 3. Qumran Literature
- 4. Josephus
- 5. New Testament
- 6. Rabbinic Literature
- 7. Graeco-Roman and Christian Literature
