Rabbi Akiba in 3D: Artifact, Text, and the Recent History of Judaism in Late Antiquity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents XI
4. Introduction 1
5. Section 1: The First Temple Period
6. Biblical Israel: History and Historiography to 586 BCE 13
7. Hebrew Writings and Literary Works from the First Temple Period (Until the Sixth Century BCE) 27
8. Revisiting Iron Age Israel: New Archaeological Approaches 37
9. Religion, Theology, and Thought in the First Temple Period: The Great and Little Traditions 63
10. Section 2: The Second Temple Period
11. Second Temple Studies: The Past, Present, and Future of the Ioudaioi 79
12. Second Temple Literature and Texts 109
13. The Archaeology of the Second Temple Period in Judea: New Discoveries and Research 123
14. Changes in the Study of the Religion, Theology, and Thought in the Second Temple Period: A Reappraisal of the Teacher of Righteousness 149
15. Section 3: The Rabbinic Period
16. The Study of Classical Rabbinic Literature in the Last Quarter-Century 165
17. Rabbi Akiba in 3D: Artifact, Text, and the Recent History of Judaism in Late Antiquity 183
18. Rabbinic Religion and Thought 199
19. Section 4: The Medieval Period
20. Medieval Jewish Social History: Three Areas of Gender-Conscious Research 215
21. A Retrospective Look at the Modern Study of Medieval Jewish Bible Commentaries 241
22. The New in Medieval Jewish Art and Architecture 257
23. Scholarship in Recent Decades on Jewish Religion and Thought in Medieval and Early Modern Times: Changing Paradigms, New Perspectives, Future Prospects 275
24. Afterword 293
25. Contributors 299
26. Author Index 303
27. Subject Index 309
28. Primary Sources Index 321