Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Cultural Exchange Comparative Exegesis in Context Edited by Natalie B. Dohrmann and David Stern "No other anthology of scholarship on the Jewish interpretation of the Hebrew Bible covers the same chronological span (ancient through early modern) or has the same comparative and contextual emphasis (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Karaite) as this."--Steven Fraade, Yale University Biblical interpretation is not simply study of the Bible's meaning. Historically, it has also served as a primary medium for cultural and religious exchange between the great...
Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Cultural Exchange Comparative Exegesis in Context Edited by Natalie B. Dohrmann and David Stern "No other anthology...
Ari Z. Bryen Natalie B. Dohrmann Annette Yoshiko Reed
In histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other conflicts, however, there has been less concern for situating Jews within Roman imperial contexts; just as Jews are frequently dismissed as atypical by scholars of Roman history, so Rome remains invisible in many studies of rabbinic and other Jewish sources written under Roman rule.
Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire brings Jewish perspectives to bear on long-standing debates concerning Romanization, Christianization, and late antiquity. Focusing on...
In histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other conflicts, however, th...
In the last two decades, Jewish historians worldwide have developed and refined the discussion of an early modern period in Jewish culture, spanning roughly three centuries from 1500 to 1800, and have increasingly found this periodization to be a useful heuristic for interpreting historical developments. Thirty-one leading scholars both within and beyond Jewish studies advance, refine, and challenge how we understand the Jewish early modern period. The collection includes a comprehensive range of topics, beginning by examining authority structures of Jewish communities following the...
In the last two decades, Jewish historians worldwide have developed and refined the discussion of an early modern period in Jewish culture, spanning r...
