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

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Talmuda de-Eretz Israel

Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine

Edited by: Steven Fine and Aaron Koller

Volume 73 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512875

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Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine brings together an international community of historians, literature scholars and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and archaeology increases our understanding of both types of evidence, and of the complex culture which they together reflect. This volume reflects a growing consensus that rabbinic culture was an “embodied” culture, presenting a series of case studies that demonstrate the value of archaeology for the contextualization of rabbinic literature. It steers away from later twentieth-century trends, particularly in North America, that stressed disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, and seeks a more holistic approach.

Author / Editor information

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

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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew Shawn Zelig Aster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 – The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member Jonathan S. Milgram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 – The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence Noa Yuval-Hacham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Tosefta Ma‘aser Sheni 1:4 – The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine Joshua Weistuch and Ben Zion Rosenfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayeḥi Beshalaḥ, 1 – Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited Uzi Leibner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) – The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late Antiquity Alexei Sivertsev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Genesis Rabbah 1, 1 – Mosaic Torah as the Blueprint of the Universe – Insights from the Roman World Burton L. Visotzky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Leviticus Rabbah 16, 1 – “Odysseus and the Sirens” in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She’an Galit Hasan-Rokem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b – Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity Steven Fine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a – Jews and Pagan Cults in Third-Century Sepphoris Sacha Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature – Matters of Language Steven D. Fraade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai – Jewish Marriage Customs in Early Byzantium Laura S. Lieber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Afterwords
The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: An Archaeological Perspective Eric Meyers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: A Talmudic Perspective Daniel Sperber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Archaeologists and scholars of Jewish studies, art history, and late antiquity.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: July 28, 2014
ISBN: 9781614512875

Hardcover

Published: June 16, 2014
ISBN: 9781614514855