4. Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Princeton Readings in Religions v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels 40
8. 2. Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets of Deliverance 55
9. 3. Abba and Father: Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus and the Gospels 64
10. 4. Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity 79
11. 5. First and Second Enoch: A Cry against Oppression and the Promise of Deliverance 87
12. 6. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls 110
13. 7. The Chreia 132
14. 8. The Galilean Charismatic and Rabbinic Piety: The Holy Man in the Talmudic Literature 149
15. 9. Miracle Stories: The God Asclepius, the Pythagorean Philosophers, and the Roman Rulers 166
16. 10. The Mithras Liturgy 179
17. 11. Apuleius of Madauros 193
18. 12. The Parable in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature 206
19. 13. The Aesop Tradition 222
20. 14. Targum, Jesus, and the Gospels 238
21. 15. The Psalms of Solomon 256
22. 16. Moral and Ritual Purity 266
23. 17. Gospel and Talmud 285
24. 18. Philo of Alexandria 296
25. 19. The Law of Roman Divorce in the Time of Christ 309
26. 20. Associations in the Ancient World 323
27. 21. Anointing Traditions 339
28. 22. The Passover Haggadah 343
29. 23. Joseph and Aseneth: Food as an Identity Marker 357
30. 24. The Pliny and Trajan Correspondence 366
31. 25. Imitations of Greek Epic in the Gospels 372
32. 26. Narratives of Noble Death 385
33. 27. Isaiah 53:1–12 (Septuagint) 400
34. 28. Thallus on the Crucifixion 405
35. Maps 407
36. Glossary 409
37. Index of Ancient Works 417
38. Index of Ancient Persons 435