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A Vision of the Days: Studies in Early Jewish History and Historiography
In Honor of Daniel R. Schwartz
Series: - Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume: 213
This collection of essays treats many aspects of ancient Jewish history and modern historiography in this area, with an emphasis on the history and literature of the Second Temple period and especially on the writings of Josephus. It is dedicated to Daniel R. Schwarz, and reflects his central academic interests. Additional essays deal with historical and ideological aspects of classical rabbinic literature, with archeological finds and with perceptions of the Jews and Judaism on the part of non-Jews in the Second Temple period and later.
Robert Brody, Ph.D., Harvard University (1975) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1982), is Professor Emeritus of Talmud at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the author of many books and articles on Talmudic and rabbinic literature.
Noah Hacham, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003), is Herbst Family Professor of Jewish History at that university. He is co-author of The New Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (De Gruyter, 2020, 2022) and many articles on second Temple Judaism.
Meron Piotrkowski, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015), is Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Oxford. He is a historian of the Second Temple period, focusing on the Egyptian-Jewish Diaspora, the author of Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2019) and part of the team of commentators and contributors to the New Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (vols. 4â6).
Jan Willem van Henten, Ph.D., Leiden University (1986), is Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Amsterdam, and Extra-Ordinary Professor of Biblical Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His publications mainly concern the Maccabean Books, the works of Flavius Josephus and aspects of the reception of the Bible.
Noah Hacham, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003), is Herbst Family Professor of Jewish History at that university. He is co-author of The New Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (De Gruyter, 2020, 2022) and many articles on second Temple Judaism.
Meron Piotrkowski, Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015), is Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Oxford. He is a historian of the Second Temple period, focusing on the Egyptian-Jewish Diaspora, the author of Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2019) and part of the team of commentators and contributors to the New Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (vols. 4â6).
Jan Willem van Henten, Ph.D., Leiden University (1986), is Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Amsterdam, and Extra-Ordinary Professor of Biblical Studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His publications mainly concern the Maccabean Books, the works of Flavius Josephus and aspects of the reception of the Bible.
List of Figures
Contributors
Introduction. Daniel Schwartz and Second Temple Studies: A Polarized History
âRobert Brody, Noah Hacham, Meron M. Piotrkowski and Jan Willem van Henten
Chapter Summaries
List of Daniel R. Schwartzâs Publications
1 Traces of the Story of Judith in Early Jewish Literature
âDeborah Levine Gera
2 Razisâs Suicide (2 Maccabees 14:37â46): Ritual and Jewish Perspectives
âJan Willem van Henten
3 The Jewish Legacy of 2Â Maccabees
âTessa Rajak
4 âHebrew Words Actually Experience a Loss When They Are Translated into Another Languageâ
âHermann Lichtenberger
5 The Hypothetica: A Jewish Rationalist in the Land of Israel
âAlbert I. Baumgarten
6 Same-Sex Activities in Judeo-Greek Literature and in Paul
âMichael Tuval
7 Whoâs a Zealot? Composition Criticism and the History of Roman Judea
âSteve Mason
8 Josephus's Rewriting of the Book of Daniel in Antiquities 10.186â281
âMichael Segal
9 The Depiction of Judaism in Josephusâs Contra Apionem: Continuity, Development, or Innovation?
âNadav Sharon
10 The Account of the Jewish Constitution in Josephusâs Contra Apionem: Afterthought or Addition?
âGregory E. Sterling
11 Doris and Mariamme: The Remarkable Lives of Two of Herodâs Many Wives
âEtka Liebowitz
12 Josephusâs Account of the Martyrdom of James: A Source for the Position of The Jerusalem Community of Jesus Followers within Their Environment?
âJörg Frey
13 Josephusâs Judean Tyrants: Traitors to a Transnational Aristocratic Order
âSteven Ben-Yishai
14 Josephus in the Ninth-Century World Chronicles of George Synkellos and George the Monk
âRivkah Fishman-Duker
15 Hecataeus as a Witness to Judaism
âJohn J. Collins
16 The Blood Libel and the Leper Libel: Ancient Antisemitism?
âErich S. Gruen
17 A New Perspective on the Kinship between Jews and Spartans: The Issue of Ancestral Territory
âKatell Berthelot
18 The Ancestral Laws, the Laws of God, and the Samaritans in the Second Book of Maccabees
âDov Gera
19 âParting of the Waysâ in Antioch in 386/7 CE as Seen by John Chrysostom
âShaye J. D. Cohen
20 Testa Incognita: The History of the Pseudo-Josephus Bust in Copenhagen
âRené Bloch
21 âHerodes unterm Hakenkreuz und Josephus der Fälscherâ: Hugo Willrich and the Study of the Jews in Antiquity
âMeron M. Piotrkowski
22 Isaac DâIsraeliâs History of the Jews
âMartin Goodman
23 What Happened to All the Writing on the Temple Mount?
âJonathan Price
24 The Invisible Synagogues of the Second Temple Period
âBenjamin Arubas and Uzi Leibner
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â×¢××× ×¢×ר־ש×âOded Irshai
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âפ×× ×ס ×× ××âPaul Mandel
32 ××× × ×ר×××: ×¢× ×ת ××××× × ×××ר ×××ר××
â× × ×××âNoah Hacham
33 ׳תפ×סת ××¢×××׳ ×©× ××××××× ×עת ×עת×ק×
â×××× ××Ö¾×××××âEyal Ben-Eliyahu
34 ש×××× ×××× ×××××× ××ק××× ×××××ש ×ר×××× ×××××ר×× ×©× ××ת ××× ×¡×ª ×עת×ק
â××× ×××סâZeev Weiss
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â×××ת × ××Ö¾×× ××âGalit Noga-Banai
Index
Contributors
English Section
Introduction. Daniel Schwartz and Second Temple Studies: A Polarized History
âRobert Brody, Noah Hacham, Meron M. Piotrkowski and Jan Willem van Henten
Chapter Summaries
List of Daniel R. Schwartzâs Publications
Part 1: Second Temple Literature
1 Traces of the Story of Judith in Early Jewish Literature
âDeborah Levine Gera
2 Razisâs Suicide (2 Maccabees 14:37â46): Ritual and Jewish Perspectives
âJan Willem van Henten
3 The Jewish Legacy of 2Â Maccabees
âTessa Rajak
4 âHebrew Words Actually Experience a Loss When They Are Translated into Another Languageâ
âHermann Lichtenberger
5 The Hypothetica: A Jewish Rationalist in the Land of Israel
âAlbert I. Baumgarten
6 Same-Sex Activities in Judeo-Greek Literature and in Paul
âMichael Tuval
Part 2: Flavius Josephus
7 Whoâs a Zealot? Composition Criticism and the History of Roman Judea
âSteve Mason
8 Josephus's Rewriting of the Book of Daniel in Antiquities 10.186â281
âMichael Segal
9 The Depiction of Judaism in Josephusâs Contra Apionem: Continuity, Development, or Innovation?
âNadav Sharon
10 The Account of the Jewish Constitution in Josephusâs Contra Apionem: Afterthought or Addition?
âGregory E. Sterling
11 Doris and Mariamme: The Remarkable Lives of Two of Herodâs Many Wives
âEtka Liebowitz
12 Josephusâs Account of the Martyrdom of James: A Source for the Position of The Jerusalem Community of Jesus Followers within Their Environment?
âJörg Frey
13 Josephusâs Judean Tyrants: Traitors to a Transnational Aristocratic Order
âSteven Ben-Yishai
14 Josephus in the Ninth-Century World Chronicles of George Synkellos and George the Monk
âRivkah Fishman-Duker
Part 3: Jews and Others
15 Hecataeus as a Witness to Judaism
âJohn J. Collins
16 The Blood Libel and the Leper Libel: Ancient Antisemitism?
âErich S. Gruen
17 A New Perspective on the Kinship between Jews and Spartans: The Issue of Ancestral Territory
âKatell Berthelot
18 The Ancestral Laws, the Laws of God, and the Samaritans in the Second Book of Maccabees
âDov Gera
19 âParting of the Waysâ in Antioch in 386/7 CE as Seen by John Chrysostom
âShaye J. D. Cohen
Part 4: The Modern Reception of Ancient Jewish History
20 Testa Incognita: The History of the Pseudo-Josephus Bust in Copenhagen
âRené Bloch
21 âHerodes unterm Hakenkreuz und Josephus der Fälscherâ: Hugo Willrich and the Study of the Jews in Antiquity
âMeron M. Piotrkowski
22 Isaac DâIsraeliâs History of the Jews
âMartin Goodman
Part 5: Archeology
23 What Happened to All the Writing on the Temple Mount?
âJonathan Price
24 The Invisible Synagogues of the Second Temple Period
âBenjamin Arubas and Uzi Leibner
Hebrew Section
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â×ר××××× (ר××ר×) ×ר×××, ××× ×××× ××Ö¾×× ××, × × ××× ××ר×× ×¤×××רק×××¡×§× Robert Brody, Noah Hacham, Meron M. Piotrkowski and Jan Willem van Henten
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Part 6: Rabbinic Literature and the Rabbinic World
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â×שע××× ××¤× ×âIsaiah Gafni
26 ×ש××× ×³××ספ×ס ××××´×׳: ×¢×× ×ש×× ×¢× ××× ×× ××ר××ס××ת
â×× ××××âTal Ilan
27 ×¢× ××¢×× ××××× ×× ××××××¡× ×××ר ×××ר×× ××¢×× × ×××´×
â×ר××××× (ר××ר×) ×ר×××âRobert (Yerachmiel) Brody
28 ×××¢××ת ×¢× ×קרקע ××רץ ×שר×× ×תק××¤× ×ר×××ת
â×××¨× ×××¤× ××××ר ××´×âAharon Oppenheimer zâl
29 ×סתר×, ××××× ×פ××××ס: ×צ××ª× ×©× ××××ק×ת ××× ××××× ×××ª× ××××× ×ספר×ת ×××´×, ××××קת ×ק××רת ×©× ××× ×××פ×ר×× ×××§×¨× ××××
â×¢×××× ×©×¨×רâAdiel Schremer
30 ××× ×××××× ××ר×ש×××: ×× ××××¥ ×ת ת××× ×ת ×ק×סר ×××××× ×ס ׳×××פר׳ ×ק××× ×ת ×ק×ש ××××××× ××ר×ש×××?
â×¢××× ×¢×ר־ש×âOded Irshai
31 צ×ק ×××¨×ª× ×ר××× ×ת×רת ××××× ××××××: ×¢××× ×ש××× ××××¨×©× ××××
âפ×× ×ס ×× ××âPaul Mandel
32 ××× × ×ר×××: ×¢× ×ת ××××× × ×××ר ×××ר××
â× × ×××âNoah Hacham
33 ׳תפ×סת ××¢×××׳ ×©× ××××××× ×עת ×עת×ק×
â×××× ××Ö¾×××××âEyal Ben-Eliyahu
Part 7: Archeology
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34 ש×××× ×××× ×××××× ××ק××× ×××××ש ×ר×××× ×××××ר×× ×©× ××ת ××× ×¡×ª ×עת×ק
â××× ×××סâZeev Weiss
35 ×ַש×Ö°×¨Öµ× ×Ö·×Ö°×Ö·×Ö¼Ö¶×, ×Ö°×Ö·×Ö¼Ö´××¢Ö·. ××: ×× ××× ××× ×××× ××ר××ת ××ערת ק×××¨× ××××× ××ער×× ××××ת ××× ×¡×ª ×× ×¢×¨×?
â×××ת × ××Ö¾×× ××âGalit Noga-Banai
Index