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Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian

By: Louis H. Feldman

Relations between Jews and non-Jews in the Hellenistic-Roman period were marked by suspicion and hate, maintain most studies of that topic. But if such conjectures are true, asks Louis Feldman, how did Jews succeed in winning so many adherents, whether full-fledged proselytes or "sympathizers" who adopted one or more Jewish practices? Systematically evaluating attitudes toward Jews from the time of Alexander the Great to the fifth century A.D., Feldman finds that Judaism elicited strongly positive and not merely unfavorable responses from the non-Jewish population. Jews were a vigorous presence in the ancient world, and Judaism was strengthened substantially by the development of the Talmud. Although Jews in the Diaspora were deeply Hellenized, those who remained in Israel were able to resist the cultural inroads of Hellenism and even to initiate intellectual counterattacks. Feldman draws on a wide variety of material, from Philo, Josephus, and other Graeco-Jewish writers through the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha, the Church Councils, Church Fathers, and imperial decrees to Talmudic and Midrashic writings and inscriptions and papyri. What emerges is a rich description of a long era to which conceptions of Jewish history as uninterrupted weakness and suffering do not apply.

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Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

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Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

By: Louis H. Feldman

Josephus (A.D. 37-?100), a pro-Roman Jew closely associated with the emperor Titus, is the earliest systematic commentator on the Bible, as well as one of the foremost historians of the beginning of the Christian era. Politically, Josephus was pro-Roman, and although he had no sympathy for extreme Jewish nationalism, he was a zealous defender of Jewish religion and culture. Louis H. Feldman examines the principles that guided Josephus in his understanding of the Bible, investigating his creative contribution in the rewriting of biblical accounts. This comprehensive study evaluates Josephus as a historian and demonstrates the originality and consistency of his work as an author. The first part of Feldman's work attempts to understand Josephus's purposes and techniques in retelling the Bible. The second part reviews Josephus's treatment of twelve key biblical figures. In addition to its reevaluation of an important early historian, this unique compendium provides a mine of information on the reassessment of the most important biblical figures.

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Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian

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Studies in Josephus And the Varieties of Ancient Judaism

Louis H. Feldman Jubilee Volume

By: Louis H. Feldman,Shaye J. D. Cohen,Joshua J. Schwartz

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Studies in Josephus And the Varieties of Ancient Judaism

Louis H. Feldman Jubilee Volume

By: Louis H. Feldman,Shaye J. D. Cohen,Joshua J. Schwartz

This collection of articles honoring eminent classicist and historian Louis H. Feldman brings together a host of prominent scholars from all over the world writing on such fields as biblical interpretation, Judaism and Hellenism, Jews and Gentiles, Josephus, Jewish Literatures of the Second Temple, Mishnah and Talmud periods, History of the Mishnah and Talmud periods, Jerusalem and much more.

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Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

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Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

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Presents a collection of 26 articles, with an introduction on "The Influence of Hellenism on Jews in Palestine in the Hellenistic Period.".

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Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

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Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

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The present volume, consisting of 35 studies of various portions of Josephus' "Jewish Antiquities," is an attempt to examine the oldest systematic commentary on the historical books of the Bible that has come down to us. It considers how Josephus resolves apparent contradictions, obscurities, and theological and other questions, as well as the historicity of biblical events, which have puzzled classical commentators on the Bible. It attempts to explain cases, notably Ahab, Hezekiah, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, where Josephus seems to change the biblical text radically. Included are Josephus' interpretations of several phrophets, women and non-Jewish leaders. All of these studies have previously appeared in print over a period of almost three decades in 34 different publications. However, they have been edited, corrected, and updated in many ways.

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9004108394

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Jewish Life and Thought among Greeks and Romans

Primary Readings

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Jewish Life and Thought among Greeks and Romans

Primary Readings

By: Louis H. Feldman

Two of the world's leading authorities on the classical era bring together a comprehensive treasury of sources on Judaism in the ancient period.

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Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

By: Louis H. Feldman

This volume consists of 23 essays that have appeared in 19 different journals and other publications during a period of over 40 years, together with an introduction. The essays deal primarily with the relations between Jews and non-Jews during the period from Alexander the Great to the end of the Roman Empire, in five areas: Josephus; Judaism and Christianity; Latin literature and the Jews; the Romans in Rabbinic literature; and other studies in Hellenistic Judaism. The topics include a programmatic essay comparing Hebraism and Hellenism, pro-Jewish intimations in Apion and in Tacitus, the influence of Josephus on Cotton Mather, Philo's view on music, the relationship between pagan and Christian anti-Semitism, observations on rabbinic reaction to Roman rule, and new light from inscriptions and papyri on Diaspora synagogues.

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Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism

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Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism

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Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo's De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his work on Josephus and ancient Judaism, here paves new ground using rabbinic material with philological precision to illuminate important parallels and differences between Philo's writing on Moses and rabbinic literature. One way in which Hellenistic culture marginalized Judaism was by exposing the apparent defects in Moses' life and character. Philo's De Vita Mosis is a counterattack to these charges and is a vital piece of his attempt to reconcile Judaism and Hellenism. Feldman rigorously examines the text and shows how Philo presents a narrative of Moses's life similar to that of a mythical divine and heroic figure, glorifying his birth, education, and virtues. Feldman demonstrates that Philo is careful to explain in a scientific way those portions of the Bible, particularly miracles, that appear incredible to his skeptical Hellenistic readers. Through Feldman's careful analysis, Moses emerges as unique among ancient lawgivers. Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism mirrors the organization of Philo's biography of Moses, which is in two books, the first, in the style of Plutarch, proceeding chronologically, and the second, in the style of Suetonius, arranged topically. Following an introductory chapter, Feldman's study discusses the life of Moses chronologically in the second chapter and examines his virtues topically in the third. Feldman compares the particular features of Philo's portrait of Moses with the way in which Moses is viewed both by Jewish sources in antiquity (including Pseudo-Philo; Josephus; Graeco-Jewish historians, poets, and philosophers; and in the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Samaritan tradition, Dead Sea Scrolls, and rabbinic tradition) and by non-Jewish sources, notably the Greek and Roman writers who mention him.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

By: Louis H. Feldman

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The present volume, consisting of 35 studies of various portions of Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, is an attempt to examine the oldest systematic commentary on the historical books of the Bible that has come down to us. It considers how Josephus resolves apparent contradictions, obscurities, and theological and other questions, as well as the historicity of biblical events, which have puzzled classical commentators on the Bible. It attempts to explain cases, notably Ahab, Hezekiah, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, where Josephus seems to change the biblical text radically. Included are Josephus' interpretations of several phrophets, women and non-Jewish leaders. All of these studies have previously appeared in print over a period of almost three decades in 34 different publications. However, they have been edited, corrected, and updated in many ways.

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Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

By: Bruce D. Chilton,Porton,Louis H. Feldman

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Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

By: Bruce D. Chilton,Porton,Louis H. Feldman

The exiles of Israel and Judah cast a long shadow over the biblical text and the whole subsequent history of Judaism. Scholars have long recognized the importance of the theme of exile for the Hebrew Bible. Indeed, critical study of the Old Testament has, at least since Wellhausen, been dominated by the Babylonian exile of Judah. In 586 BC, several factors, including the destruction of Jerusalem, the cessation of the sacrificial cult and of the monarchy, and the experience of the exile, began to cause a transformation of Israelite religion which supplied the contours of the larger Judaic framework within which the various forms of Judaism, including the early Christian movement, developed. Given the importance of the exile to the development of Judaism and Christianity even to the present day, this volume delves into the conceptions of exile which contributed to that development during the formative period.

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Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

By: Louis H. Feldman

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Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

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Presents a collection of 26 articles, with an introduction on "The Influence of Hellenism on Jews in Palestine in the Hellenistic Period.".

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Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World

Studies in Josephus And the Varieties of Ancient Judaism

Studies in Josephus And the Varieties of Ancient Judaism

Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

Jewish Life and Thought among Greeks and Romans

Jewish Life and Thought among Greeks and Romans

Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism

Philo's Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

Studies in Josephus' Rewritten Bible

Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions

Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Studies in Hellenistic Judaism

Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

Judaism And Hellenism Reconsidered

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