How Did Ruth Become the Model Convert?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Transliteration Table for Hebrew and Aramaic VII
4. Preface 1
5. Appreciations of Robert Goldenberg and his Scholarly Work
6. Robert Goldenberg: An Appreciation with a Biographical Sketch 5
7. Robert G. Goldenberg as a Scholar of Ancient Judaism 11
8. The Torah of Bob Goldenberg 15
9. Robert Goldenberg: In Appreciation 19
10. Bob Goldenberg: A Kind and Compassionate Scholar 21
11. Bob Goldenberg (1942‒2021): Friend and Colleague 25
12. Bibliography of the Writings of Robert G. Goldenberg 29
13. List of Contributors 37
14. List of Abbreviations 39
15. Collected Studies of Robert G. Goldenberg
16. Section I: The Bible in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
17. The Problem of False Prophecy: Talmudic Interpretations of Jeremiah 28 and 1 Kings 22 43
18. Hebrew Scriptures in Early Post-Biblical Judaism, with Special Reference to the Rabbinic Tradition 61
19. The Septuagint Ban on Cursing the Gods 69
20. How Did Ruth Become the Model Convert? 77
21. Why Should the Look-Alikes Be a Problem? 85
22. Section II: Studies in Rabbinic Literature
23. David Weiss Halivni, Meqorot Umesorot, 1. Ketuvot 95
24. The Deposition of Rabban Gamaliel II: An Examination of the Sources 111
25. Commandment and Consciousness in Talmudic Thought 139
26. History and Ideology in Talmudic Narrative 149
27. The Problem of Originality in Talmudic Thought 161
28. Did the Amoraim See Christianity as Something New? 169
29. Is “The Talmud” a Document? 179
30. Mishnah 187
31. Section III: Judaism in Late Antiquity
32. The Jewish Sabbath in the Roman World up to the Time of Constantine the Great 197
33. Law and Spirit in Talmudic Religion 235
34. The Place of Other Religions in Ancient Jewish Thought, with Particular Reference to Early Rabbinic Judaism 257
35. Is There an “Essence of Judaism” After All? 275
36. The Place of the Sabbath in Rabbinic Judaism 283
37. Bound Up in the Bond of Life: Death and Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition 297
38. Religious Formation in Ancient Judaism 311
39. Section IV: History of the Jewish People in Antiquity
40. The Broken Axis: Rabbinic Judaism and the Fall of Jerusalem 333
41. The Destruction of The Jerusalem Temple: Its Meaning and Its Consequences 343
42. On the Origins of Anti-Semitism and the Problem of Blaming the Victim 359
43. Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources
44. Index of Modern Authors
45. Subject Index