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The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period

Series The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 4

Edited by Steven T. Katz

Publication Date 2006

Hardback ISBN-10 0521772486

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521772488

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521772488

Overview

This fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from 70 CE to 640 CE (the rise of Islam). It deals with the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history and the history of Judaism in this crucial era during which Judaism took on its classical shape. It provides discussion and analysis of all the essential subjects pertinent to an understanding of this period, and is especially strong in its coverage of the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections. In addition, it surveys the early encounter of Judaism and Christianity from both the Jewish and Christian sides and describes the rise of Jewish mystical literature, the liturgical literature of the developing synagogue, the nature of magical practices in classical Judaism and Jewish Folklore.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of Judaism Vol. 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period

Frontmatter

Introduction by Steven T. Katz

Political, social, and economic life in the Land of Israel, 66–c. 235 by Seth Schwartz

The Diaspora from 66 to c. 235 ce by Allen Kerkeslager, Claudia Setzer, Paul Trebilco and David Goodblatt

The uprisings in the Jewish Diaspora, 116–117 by Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev

The Bar Kochba Revolt, 132–135 by Hanan Eshel

The legal status of the Jews in the Roman Empire by Amnon Linder

Jewish art and architecture in the Land of Israel, 70–C. 235 by Eric M. Meyers

The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple: its meaning and its consequences by Robert Goldenberg

The origins and development of the rabbinic movement in the Land of Israel by Hayim Lapin

The canonical process by James A. Sanders

The beginnings of Christian anti-Judaism, 70–C. 235 by Peter Richardson

The rabbinic response to Christianity by Steven T. Katz

The Mishnah by David Kraemer

The Tosefta by Paul Mandel

Midrash Halachah by Jay M. Harris

Mishnaic Hebrew: an introductory survey by Moshe Bar-Asher

The political and social history of the Jewish community in the Land of Israel, C. 235–638 by David Goodblatt

The material realities of Jewish life in the Land of Israel, C. 235–638 by Joshua J. Schwartz

Aramaic in late antiquity by Yochanan Breuer

The Diaspora, C. 235–638 by Leonard V. Rutgers and Scott Bradbury

Jewish archaeology in late antiquity: art, architecture, and inscriptions by Lee I. Levine

Jewish festivals in late antiquity by Joseph Tabory

Rabbinic prayer in late antiquity by Reuven Kimelman

Rabbinic views on marriage, sexuality, and the family by Michael L. Satlow

Women in Jewish life and law by Tal Ilan

Gentiles in rabbinic thought by David Novak

The formation and character of the Jerusalem Talmud by Leib Moscovitz

The late midrashic, paytanic, and targumic literature by Avigdor Shinan

Jewish magic in late antiquity by Michael D. Swartz

Jewish folk literature in late antiquity by Eli Yassif

Early forms of Jewish mysticism by Rachel Elior

The Political, Social, and Economic History of Babylonian Jewry, 224–638 CE by Isaiah M. Gafni

The history of the Babylonian academies by David Goodblatt

The formation and character of the Babylonian Talmud by Richard Kalmin

Talmudic law: a jurisprudential perspective by Hanina Ben-Menahem

Torah in rabbinic thought: the theology of learning by Marc Hirshman

Man, sin, and redemption in Rabbinic Judaism by Steven T. Katz

The rabbinic theology of the physical: blessings, body and soul, resurrection, and covenant and election by Reuven Kimelman

Christian anti-Judaism: polemics and policies by Paula Fredriksen and Oded Irshai

Jews in Byzantium by Steven Bowman

Messianism and apocalypticism in rabbinic texts by Lawrence H. Schiffman

Messianism and Apocalypticism in Rabbinic Texts by Alfredo Mordechai Rabello

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