The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9780415196949 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 192 str.

Richard L. Kalmin

Opis

This volume explores the social position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian) society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late antiquity. The author argues that ancient rabbinic sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis. The text provides an analysis of the role of the sage on late antiquity and sheds light on rabbinic comments on such diverse topics as biblical heroes and genealogy and lineage.

Recenzje

'Kalmin has clearly broken new ground with these studies ... To focus on the similarities and differences between these two centres with regard to a single issue ie. the relationship to the non-rabbinic world, is an important exercise...' - Journal of Semitic Studies

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. Part 1. Historical Studies. 1. Non-Rabbinic Jews. 2. Genealogy. 3. Hasmonean Royalty 4. Bible-Reading Non-Jews and Heretics 5. Rainmaking Part 2. Exegetical Studies 6. King David 7. Moses 8. Ahitofel Conclusion. Bibliography

O autorze

Richard Kalman is the Theodore R Racoosin Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of Sages, Stories, Authors and Editors in Rabbinic Babylonia