Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine

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Talmuda de-Eretz Israel

Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine

Edited by: Steven Fine and Aaron Koller

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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Volume 73 | Studia Judaica

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Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine brings together an international community of historians, literature scholars and archaeologists to explore how the integrated study of rabbinic texts and archaeology increases our understanding of both types of evidence, and of the complex culture which they together reflect. This volume reflects a growing consensus that rabbinic culture was an “embodied” culture, presenting a series of case studies that demonstrate the value of archaeology for the contextualization of rabbinic literature. It steers away from later twentieth-century trends, particularly in North America, that stressed disjunction between archaeology and rabbinic literature, and seeks a more holistic approach.

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Steven Fine and Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.

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"En conclusion, on ne peut que féliciter Steven Fine et Aaron Koller pour la qualité et la diversité des études réunies dans ce volume."
José Costa in: Revue des Etudes Juives 177/3-4 (2018), 440-444

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Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew
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Shawn Zelig Aster

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Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 – The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member
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Jonathan S. Milgram

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Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 – The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence
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Noa Yuval-Hacham

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Tosefta Ma‘aser Sheni 1:4 – The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine
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Joshua Weistuch and Ben Zion Rosenfeld

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Tosefta Shabbat 1:14 – “Come and See the Extent to Which Purity Had Spread” An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage
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Yonatan Adler

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An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayeḥi Beshalaḥ, 1 – Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited
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Uzi Leibner

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Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1 (71b–72a) – “Of the Making of Books”: Rabbinic Scribal Arts in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Lawrence H. Schiffman

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Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) – The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late Antiquity
111
Alexei Sivertsev

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Genesis Rabbah 1, 1 – Mosaic Torah as the Blueprint of the Universe – Insights from the Roman World
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Burton L. Visotzky

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Genesis Rabbah 98, 17 – “And Why Is It Called Gennosar?” Recent Discoveries at Magdala and Jewish Life on the Plain of Gennosar in the Early Roman Period
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R. Steven Notley

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Leviticus Rabbah 16, 1 – “Odysseus and the Sirens” in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She’an
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Galit Hasan-Rokem

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Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b – Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity
191
Steven Fine

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Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a – Jews and Pagan Cults in Third-Century Sepphoris
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Sacha Stern

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The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature – Matters of Language
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Steven D. Fraade

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“This Is the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Qappar” (Dabbura Inscription) – Were Epigraphical Rabbis Real Sages, or Nothing More Than Donors and Honored Deceased?
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Stuart S. Miller

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The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai – Jewish Marriage Customs in Early Byzantium
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Laura S. Lieber

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The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: An Archaeological Perspective
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Eric Meyers

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The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: A Talmudic Perspective
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Daniel Sperber

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Index
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July 28, 2014

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Archaeologists and scholars of Jewish studies, art history, and late antiquity.

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Talmuda de-Eretz Israel

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Supplementary Materials

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the Relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew

Mishnah Baba Batra 8:5 – The Transformation of the Firstborn Son from Family Leader to Family Member

Mishnah Avodah Zarah 4:5 – The Faces of Effacement: Between Textual and Artistic Evidence

Tosefta Ma‘aser Sheni 1:4 – The Rabbis and Roman Civic Coinage in Late Antique Palestine

Tosefta Shabbat 1:14 – “Come and See the Extent to Which Purity Had Spread” An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage

An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayeḥi Beshalaḥ, 1 – Rabbis and the Jewish Community Revisited

Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 1 (71b–72a) – “Of the Making of Books”: Rabbinic Scribal Arts in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c) – The Demise of King Solomon and Roman Imperial Propaganda in Late Antiquity

Genesis Rabbah 1, 1 – Mosaic Torah as the Blueprint of the Universe – Insights from the Roman World

Genesis Rabbah 98, 17 – “And Why Is It Called Gennosar?” Recent Discoveries at Magdala and Jewish Life on the Plain of Gennosar in the Early Roman Period

Leviticus Rabbah 16, 1 – “Odysseus and the Sirens” in the Beit Leontis Mosaic from Beit She’an

Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 51b – Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity

Babylonian Talmud, Avodah Zarah 16a – Jews and Pagan Cults in Third-Century Sepphoris

The Rehov Inscriptions and Rabbinic Literature – Matters of Language

“This Is the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Eliezer ha-Qappar” (Dabbura Inscription) – Were Epigraphical Rabbis Real Sages, or Nothing More Than Donors and Honored Deceased?

The Piyyutim le-Hatan of Qallir and Amittai – Jewish Marriage Customs in Early Byzantium

The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: An Archaeological Perspective

The Use of Archaeology in Understanding Rabbinic Materials: A Talmudic Perspective

Index

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