Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine

by Steven Fine (Editor), Aaron Koller (Editor)

Overview

This book brings together historians, literature scholars, and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and material culture increases our understanding of the complex nature of rabbinic culture. Steering away from 20th-century trends stressing disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, this book seeks a more holistic approach, demonstrating the value of archaeology in contextualizing these texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614518518
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/28/2014
Series:	Studia Judaica , #73
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	365
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Steven Fine and Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface Steven Fine Aaron Koller v

Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew Shawn Zelig Aster 1

Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 - The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member Jonathan S. Milgram 19

Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 - The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence Noa Yuval-Hacham 29

Tosefta Ma'aser Sheni 1:4 - The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine Joshua Weistuch Ben Zion Rosenfeld 53

Tosefta Shabbat 1:14 - "Come and See the Extent to Which Purity Had Spread' An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage Yonatan Adler 63

An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayehi Beshalah, 1 - Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited Uzi Leibner 83

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1 (71b-72a) - "Of the Making of Books": Rabbinic Scribal Arts in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls Lawrence H. Schiffman 97

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) - The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late Antiquity Alexei Sivertsev 111

Genesis Rabbah 1:1 - Mosaic To rah as the Blueprint of the Universe -Insights from the Roman World Burton L. Visotzky 127

Genesis Rabbah 98:17 - "And Why Is it Called Gennosar?" Recent Discoveries at Magdala and Jewish Life on the Plain of Gennosar in the Early Roman Period. R. Steven Notley 141

Leviticus Rabbah 16:1 - "Odysseus and the Sirens" in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She'an Galit Hasan-Rokem 159

Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b - Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity Steven Fine 191

Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a - Jews and Pagan Cults in Third-Century Sepphoris Sacha Stern 205

The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature - Matters of Language Steven D. Fraade 225

"This Is the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Qappar" (Dabbura Inscription) - Were Epigraphical Rabbis Real Sages, or Nothing More Than Donors and Honored Deceased? Stuart S. Miller 239

The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai - Jewish Marriage Customs in Early Byzantium Laura S. Lieber 275

Afterwords

The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: An Archaeological Perspective Eric Meyers 303

The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: A Talmudic Perspective Daniel Sperber 321

Index 347

Editorial Reviews

"En conclusion, on ne peut que féliciter Steven Fine et Aaron Koller pour la qualité et la diversité des études réunies dans ce volume."
José Costa in: Revue des Etudes Juives 177/3-4 (2018), 440-444

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