The Second Temple period is an era that marked a virtual explosion in the world of literature, with the creation, redaction, interpretation, and transmission of Jewish texts that represented diverse languages and ideologies. The creation of many of these writings coincided with the growth of the Jewish community beyond the borders of Israel; therefore, among those for whom the Temple played a diminishing role. The transition period from Temple to texts was accompanied by conflicting interpretations about the role of the Temple as well as diverse theological understandings about God and the Jewish people. Drawing on the expertise of leading specialists in Second Temple Judaism, "Temple, Texts, and Traditions" explores the rich traditions of the Jewish people as they were expressed and interpreted in their writings in that period, which included writings that later became recognized as Scriptures.
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• Chapter 1 Preface
• Part 2 On the History of Judaism
• Chapter 3
• 1. Resentment and Renewal: Toward a Theory of the History of Judaism
• Chapter 4
• 2. Restorationist Soteriology in Rabbinic Judaism
• Chapter 5
• 3. Judaism: Tradition and Heritage
• Part 6 On the Literature of Judaism: Canon and Category
• Chapter 7
• 4. Canonical Documents and Native Categories
• Chapter 8
• 5. Canonical Narrative and the Documentary Hypothesis: From the Misnah to the Talmuds
• Chapter 9
• 6. Sage-Stories in the Two Talmuds: How the Documents Differ
• Chapter 10
• 7. Explaining an Academic Commentary: A Visual Recapitulation of Bavli Hullin as Translated by Tzvee Zahavy
• Part 11 On the Theology of Judaism
• Chapter 12
• 8. Do Monotheist Religions Worship the Same God? A Perspective on Classical Judaism.
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This collection of eight essays draws on a half-year of work, the second six months of 2009. Neusner takes up three problems in the history of Religions, four essays on fundamental issues in form-history and the documentary hypothesis of the Rabbinic canon, and one theological essay. The reason Neusner periodically collects and publishes essays and reviews is to give them a second life, after they have served as lectures or as summaries of monographs or as free-standing articles or as expositions of Judaism in collections of comparative religions. This re-presentation serves a readership to whom the initial presentation in lectures or specialized journals or short-run monographs is inaccessible. Some of the essays furthermore provide a precis, for colleagues in kindred fields, of fully worked out monographs, the comparative Midrash exercise, for example.
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• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: In Search of the Second Temple Era
• Timeline
• Part 1. The Modern Recovery of Second Temple Literature
• Chapter 1. The Cairo Genizah
• Chapter 2. Manuscripts and Monasteries
• Chapter 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls
• Part 2. Jewish Life in the Second Temple Period
• Chapter 4. Jerusalem
• Chapter 5. Alexandria
• Chapter 6. Antioch
• Part 3. The Worldviews of Second Temple Writers
• Chapter 7. The Wisdom Seekers
• Chapter 8. The Sectarians
• Chapter 9. Interpreters of Israelite History
• Chapter 10. Josephus Flavius
• Part 4. The Holy Texts of Second Temple Judaism
• Chapter 11. The Codified Bible
• Chapter 12. Rewriting the Bible
• Chapter 13. The Expanded Bible Conclusion
• Glossary of Key Names, Places, and Books
• Notes
• Bibliography
• General Index
• Index by Passage.
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Exploring the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE-70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other documents written by Jews during the last three centuries of this period, Malka Z. Simkovich takes us to Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, to the Jewish sectarians and the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus, to the Cairo genizah, and to the ancient caves that kept the secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. As she recounts Jewish history during this vibrant, formative era, Simkovich analyzes some of the period's most important works for both familiar and possible meanings. This volume interweaves past and present in four parts. Part 1 tells modern stories of discovery of Second Temple literature. Part 2 describes the Jewish communities that flourished both in the land of Israel and in the Diaspora. Part 3 explores the lives, worldviews, and significant writings of Second Temple authors. Part 4 examines how authors of the time introduced novel, rewritten, and expanded versions of Bible stories in hopes of imparting messages to the people. Simkovich's popular style will engage readers in understanding the sometimes surprisingly creative ways Jews at this time chose to practice their religion and interpret its scriptures in light of a cultural setting so unlike that of their Israelite forefathers. Like many modern Jews today, they made an ancient religion meaningful in an ever-changing world.
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• v. [1] [without special title]
• v. 2. [without special title]
• v. 3. Text as context in early rabbinic literature
• v. 4. Studies in liturgy, exegesis, and Talmudic narrative
• v. 5. Studies in Judaism and its Greco-Roman context.

• Part 1 Preface
• Chapter 2 Comparison and Classification of Systems of the Social Order
• Chapter 3 The Social Vision of Rabbinic Judaism
• Chapter 4 The Rabbis and the Prophets: The Case of Amos
• Chapter 5 The Messiah and the Resurrection of the Dead
• Chapter 6 Resurrection in Rabbinic Judaism
• Part 7 Reflections on a Changing Scene
• Chapter 8 Fifty Years of Jewish Learning: What has Changed and What Difference Does it Make?
• Chapter 9 Autobiography of an Impresario: Encounters with Hershel Shanks.
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This collection of seven essays draws on work done in 2010. The author takes up several topics in the systemic analysis of Judaisms and deals with comparisons of Judaisms. The papers include two commentaries on the current state of the academic study of Judaism. The reason for periodically collecting and publishing essays and reviews is to give them a second life, after they have served as lectures or as summaries of monographs or as free-standing articles or as expositions of Judaism in collections of comparative religions. This re-presentation serves a readership to whom the initial presentation in lectures or specialized journals or short-run monographs is inaccessible. Some of the essays furthermore provide a precis, for colleagues in kindred fields, of fully worked out monographs.
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• Analysis and appreciation : the case of Judaism
• The restorationist soteriology in formative Judaism
• The rabbinic canon
• Comparing Midrashim : Sifré to Numbers and Sifré Zutta to Numbers
• Time for Islam : from dialogue to trialogue in interfaith relations : the Jack Chester Memorial Lecture, Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
• Book reviews. Joel L. Kraemer, Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds
• Hillel Goldberg, Hallel Hakkohen : Biur HaGRA, Hilkhot Miqvaot.

• Ecrits quomrâniens
• Pseudépigraphes de l'Ancien Testament.