Biography of Lee I. Levine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Biography of Lee I. Levine ix
4. Publications of Lee I. Levine xii
5. Abbreviations xxv
6. Part 1 Hellenism, Christianity, and Judaism
7. Hellenism and Judaism before and after World War II: Two Case Studies—A. D. Momigliano and E. J. Bickerman 3
8. The Name of the Ruse: The Toss of a Ring to Save Life and Honor 25
9. Jesus and the Galilean Am ha-Aretz: A Reconsideration of an Old Problem 37
10. Hellenism and Judaism: Fluid Boundaries 53
11. Porphyry on Judaism: Some Observations 71
12. The Bishops of Sepphoris: Christianity and Synagogue Iconography in the Late Fourth and Early Fifth Centu 85
13. The Humanistic Evaluation of Religion 101
14. Part 2 Art and Archaeology: Jerusalem and Galilee
15. The Observance of Ritual Purity after 70 c.e.: A Reevaluation of the Evidence in Light of Recent Archaeological Discoveries 121
16. The Tomb of Jason Reconsidered 145
17. The Hippo-Stadium /Amphitheater in Jerusalem 163
18. Aramaic Ostraca of the Late Second Temple Period from a Farmhouse North of Jerusalem 177
19. An “Encore” on the Bar Kochba Tetradrachm: A Re-vision of Interpretation 189
20. Burial Practices in Beth Sheʿarim and the Question of Dating the Patriarchal Necropolis 207
21. Part 3 The Rabbis
22. Abbaye’s Family Origins: A Study in Rabbinic Genealogy 235
23. The Miracle of the Septuagint in Ancient Rabbinic and Christian Literature 241
24. The Rabbinic Class Revisited: Rabbis as Judges in Later Roman Palestine 255
25. Rabbis, Preachers, and Aggadists: An Aspect of Jewish Culture in Third- and Fourth-Century Palestine 275
26. Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and Babylonia: Ties and Tensions 297
27. The Religious Orientation of Non-Rabbis in Second-Century Palestine: A Rabbinic Perspective 319
28. Martyrdom, the Middle Way, and Mediocrity (Genesis Rabbah 82:8) 343
29. Sinai—Mountain and Desert: The Desert Geography and Theology of the Rabbis and Desert Fathers 355
30. Rabbinic and Roman Honor and Deference: Y. Berakot 5.1, 9a, and Y. Bikkurim 3.3, 65c–d 375
31. Part 4 The Ancient Synagogue
32. The Dura-Europos Synagogue Wall Paintings: A Question of Origin and Interpretation 403
33. Priests and Purity in the Dura-Europos Synagogue 421
34. The Problem of the Scarcity of Synagogues from 70 to ca. 250 c.e.: The Case of Synagogue 1 at Nabratein (2nd–3rd Century 435
35. The Synagogue as Foe in Early Christian Literature 449