From the Maccabees to the Mishnah

Name: From the Maccabees to the Mishnah
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ISBN: 9780664227432

ISBN-10: 0664227430

ISBN-13: 9780664227432

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Shaye J. D. Cohen

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In this new edition of a best-selling classic, Shaye Cohen offers a thorough analysis of Judaism's development from the early years of the Roman Empire to the formative period of rabbinic Judaism. Cohen's synthesis of religion, literature, and history offers deep insight into the nature of Judaism at this key period, including the relationship between Jews and Gentiles, the function of Jewish religion in the larger community, and the development of normative Judaism and other Jewish sects. In addition, Cohen provides clear explanations concerning the formation of the biblical canon and the roots of rabbinic Judaism. Now completely updated and revised, this book remains the clearest…

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List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 6/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Shaye J. D. Cohen received a B.A. in classics from Yeshiva College in 1970, a M.A. in Judaica and rabbinic ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. in ancient history at Columbia University. A director and professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, he previously worked at the Jewish Theological Seminary as Dean of the Graduate School, and was a visiting Professor of History at Columbia University. Holding a keen interest in the history of Judaism and its social and legal boundaries, his published works include Josephus in Galilee and Rome: His Vita and Development as a Historian and From the Maccabees to the Mishnah: A Profile of Judaism. He has…



Foreword to the First Edition



Preface to the First Edition


Preface to the Second Edition



Ancient Judaism: Chronology and Definitions


Chronology


Periodization and Perspective


From Preexilic Israel to Second Temple Judaism


Unity and Diversity


Timeline



Jews and Gentiles


Political: Gentile Domination


The Maccabean Rebellion


The Rebellion Against the Romans (66-74 CE)


The Wars of 115-117 CE and 132-135 CE


Conclusion


Cultural: Judaism and Hellenism


"Hellenism," "Hellenization," and "Hellenistic Judaism"


Judaism and Hellenistic Culture


Conclusion


Social: Jews and Gentiles


Anti-Judaism and "Anti-Semitism"


Philo-Judaism


Conclusion



The Jewish "Religion": Practices and Beliefs


Practices


The Worship of God


Ritual Observances


Ritual and Ethics


"Legalism" and "the Yoke of the Law"


Women's Judaism


Beliefs


Kingship of God


Reward and Punishment


Redemption


Conclusion



The Community and Its Institutions


The Public Institutions of the Land of Israel


The Temple


The Sanhedrin


The Public Institutions of the Diaspora


The Synagogue


Private Organizations


Sects


Professional Guilds


Schools


Conclusion



Sectarian and Normative


"Sect" and "Heresy"


The Focal Points of Jewish Sectarianism


Law as Focal Point


Temple as Focal Point


Scripture as Focal Point


"Orthodox" and "Normative"


Proto-Sectarianism in the Persian Period


Ezra and Nehemiah


"The Congregation of the Exile" and Nehemiah 10


Isaiah 65


Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes


Sources Written in Greek: Josephus


Sources Written in Greek: The New Testament


Sources Written in Hebrew: Qumran Scrolls


Sources Written in Hebrew: Rabbinic Texts


The Names of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes


Summary: From the Persian Period to the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes


Other Sects and Groups


"Fourth Philosophy," Sicarii, and Zealots


Christians


Samaritans


Therapeutae


Conclusion



Canonization and Its Implications


"Canon" and "Canonical"


The History of the Biblical Canon


The Torah


The Prophets


The Writings


The Tripartite Canon


Why These and Not Those?


Conclusion


The Implications of Canonization


From Prophecy to Apocalypse


Scriptural Interpretation


Conclusion



The Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism


"The Rabbis" and "The Rabbinic Period"


What Is the Mishnah?


From Second Temple Judaism to Rabbinic Judaism


Relations with Gentiles


Rabbinic Religion


Society and Institutions


The End of Sectarianism


Canon and Literature


Conclusion


Suggestions for Further Reading


Glossary of Technical Terms


Index