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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Routledge Studies in Ancient History |
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Routledge studies in ancient history.
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Rewriting Ancient Jewish History: The History of the Jews in Roman Times and the New Historical Method- Front Cover; Rewriting Ancient Jewish History: The History of the Jews in Roman Times and the New Historical Method; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; WHAT IS HISTORY?; THE HISTORICAL METHOD AND HISTORIOGRAPHY; THE OUTLINE OF THIS BOOK; NOTES; PART I: Authenticity; Chapter 1: Can multiple versions of a text be equally authentic?; A BRIEF SURVEY OF SOURCES FOR JEWISH HISTORY FROM ROMAN ANTIQUITY; THE AUTHENTICITY OF ANCIENT JEWISH SOURCES |
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THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS IN ANCIENT JEWISH SOURCESTHE INDEPENDENT REDACTIONS OF BABYLONIAN TALMUD PESAHIM ACCORDING TO ELIEZER SHIMSHON ROSENTHAL; THE FLAWS IN ROSENTHAL'S ARGUMENT; THE EDITED PARALLELS METHOD; NOTES; PART II: Hermeneutics; Chapter 2: The rabbis as unusual Romans; LANGUAGE, CONTEXT, AND SETTING; TRADITIONAL HERMENEUTICS' SHORTCOMINGS; THE NEW CULTURAL DIMENSION OF HERMENEUTICS; NOTES; PART III: Credibility; Chapter 3: An introduction to credibility: on sources, credibility, and corroboration; THE PROXIMITY OF SOURCES TO THE EVENTS THEY PORTRAY |
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CREDIBILITYCORROBORATION; NOTES; Chapter 4: Recovering Josephus's sources; THE FIRST BIBLICAL EPISODE OF HAGAR IN JOSEPHUS'S ANTIQUITIES; JOSEPHUS AS ANTHOLOGIST OR AS AUTHOR; GORGIAS'S SURPRISE ATTACK ACCORDING TO JOSEPHUS'S ANTIQUITIES; REWRITING NICOLAUS OF DAMASCUS IN JOSEPHUS'S ANTIQUITIES; NOTES; Chapter 5: Josephus and history; THE PUBLICATION OF THE JEWISH WAR; THE FALL OF MASADA; NOTES; Chapter 6: The traditional historical method on the credibility of rabbinic literature; THE PRESUMPTION OF GENUINENESS; THE PRESUMPTION OF CREDIBILITY AND THE INDEPENDENT PARALLELS METHOD |
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CORROBORATION AND THE INDEPENDENT PARALLELS METHODNOTES; Chapter 7: The collapse of the traditional presumptions about rabbinic literature; UNDERMINING THE TRADITIONAL FAITH IN THE ESSENTIAL RELIABILITY OF RABBINIC LITERATURE; TRANSMISSION AS TRANSFORMATION; GENRE; THE LITERARY FORMATION OF RABBINIC TRADITIONS; RELINQUISHING EVENT-ORIENTED HISTORY FOR CONTEXTUAL STUDIES; NOTES; Chapter 8: The new historical method on the credibility of rabbinic literature: three case studies; "BEHOLD I AM ABOUT SEVENTY YEARS OLD ... "; RABBI HIYYA'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION ACCORDING TO THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD |
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RABBAN YOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI'S ESCAPE FROM JERUSALEMTHE FORMATION OF THE STORY OF RABBAN YOHANAN BEN ZAKKAI'S ESCAPE FROM JERUSALEM; NOTES; PART IV: Conclusion; Chapter 9: On Hillel the Elder's rise to greatness; AUTHENTICITY; HERMENEUTICS; CREDIBILITY; THE STORY'S LITERARY FORMATION; ON THE DOORKEEPER; NOTES; Epilogue; NOTES; Bibliography; ANCIENT SOURCES; MEDIEVAL AND MODERN SOURCES; Subject Index; Index of Sources |
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Print version record |
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Jews -- History -- 70-638 -- Historiography
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Jews -- Historiography
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1317247086 |
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9781317247081 |
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