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In histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms
large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other
conflicts, however, there has been less concern for situating Jews
within Roman imperial contexts; just as Jews are frequently
dismissed as atypical by scholars of Roman history, so Rome remains
invisible in many studies of rabbinic and other Jewish sources
written under Roman rule."Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire"
brings Jewish perspectives to bear on long-standing debates
concerning Romanization, Christianization, and late antiquity.
Focusing on the third to sixth centuries, it draws together
specialists in Jewish and Christian history, law, literature,
poetry, and art. Perspectives from rabbinic and patristic sources
are juxtaposed with evidence from piyyutim, documentary papyri, and
synagogue and church mosaics. Through these case studies,
contributors highlight paradoxes, subtleties, and ironies of
Romanness and imperial power.Contributors: William Adler, Beth A.
Berkowitz, Ra'anan Boustan, Hannah M. Cotton, Natalie B. Dohrmann,
Paula Fredriksen, Oded Irshai, Hayim Lapin, Joshua Levinson, Ophir
Munz-Manor, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Hagith Sivan, Michael D. Swartz,
Rina Talgam.
Noted theologian and ethicist Ted Peters accessibly relates the
science of stem cells and regenerative medicine in lay terms as he
traces the deeply divided ethical debate to three very different
moral frameworks and shows the deepest and legitimate concerns of
each, including the secular ethical framework employed in most
medical ethics. Peters also offers fundamental theological
reflection on this great choice, especially insights from
theological anthropology. Peters's work is not only a unique guide
but also a real model for how honest, religiously informed ethics
can be practiced today.
What did ancient Jews believe about demons and angels? This
question has long been puzzling, not least because the Hebrew Bible
says relatively little about such transmundane powers. In the
centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great, however, we
find an explosion of explicit and systematic interest in, and
detailed discussions of, demons and angels. In this book, Annette
Yoshiko Reed considers the third century BCE as a critical moment
for the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology. Drawing on
early 'pseudepigrapha' and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, she
reconstructs the scribal settings in which transmundane powers
became a topic of concerted Jewish interest. Reed also situates
this development in relation to shifting ideas about scribes and
writing across the Hellenistic Near East. Her book opens a window
onto a forgotten era of Jewish literary creativity that
nevertheless deeply shaped the discussion of angels and demons in
Judaism and Christianity.
What did ancient Jews believe about demons and angels? This
question has long been puzzling, not least because the Hebrew Bible
says relatively little about such transmundane powers. In the
centuries after the conquests of Alexander the Great, however, we
find an explosion of explicit and systematic interest in, and
detailed discussions of, demons and angels. In this book, Annette
Yoshiko Reed considers the third century BCE as a critical moment
for the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology. Drawing on
early 'pseudepigrapha' and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls, she
reconstructs the scribal settings in which transmundane powers
became a topic of concerted Jewish interest. Reed also situates
this development in relation to shifting ideas about scribes and
writing across the Hellenistic Near East. Her book opens a window
onto a forgotten era of Jewish literary creativity that
nevertheless deeply shaped the discussion of angels and demons in
Judaism and Christianity.
The idea of heaven held a special place in the late antique
imagination, which was marked by a poignant sense of the relevance
of otherworldly realities for earthly life. Such concerns can be
found not only in Judaism and Christianity but also in the
Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and 'magical'
traditions. Transcending social, regional and creedal boundaries,
the preocupation with heaven in Late Antiquity serves as a focus
for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this formative
era in Western culture and history. Drawing upon the expertise of
scholars of Classics, Ancient History, Jewish Studies and
Patristics, this volume explores the different functions of
heavenly imagery in different texts and traditions in order to map
the patterns of unity and diversity within the religious landscape
of Late Antiquity.
This book considers the early history of Jewish-Christian relations
focussing on traditions about the fallen angels. In the Book of the
Watchers, an Enochic apocalypse from the third century BCE, the
'sons of God' of Gen 6:1-4 are accused of corrupting humankind
through their teachings of metalworking, cosmetology, magic, and
divination. By tracing the transformations of this motif in Second
Temple, Rabbinic, and early medieval Judaism and early, late
antique, and Byzantine Christianity, this book sheds light on the
history of interpretation of Genesis, the changing status of
Enochic literature, and the place of parabiblical texts and
traditions in the interchange between Jews and Christians in Late
Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. In the process, it explores
issues such as the role of text-selection in the delineation of
community boundaries and the development of early Jewish and
Christian ideas about the origins of evil on the earth.
The idea of heaven held a special place in the late antique
imagination, which was marked by a poignant sense of the relevance
of otherworldly realities for earthly life. Such concerns can be
found not only in Judaism and Christianity but also in the
Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and 'magical'
traditions. Transcending social, regional and creedal boundaries,
the preocupation with heaven in Late Antiquity serves as a focus
for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this formative
era in Western culture and history. Drawing upon the expertise of
scholars of Classics, Ancient History, Jewish Studies and
Patristics, this volume explores the different functions of
heavenly imagery in different texts and traditions in order to map
the patterns of unity and diversity within the religious landscape
of Late Antiquity.
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