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Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world =Jüdische identität in der griechisch-römischen welt /

Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world =Jüdische identität in der griechisch-römischen welt / Jüdische identität in der griechisch-römischen welt edited by Jörg Frey, Daniel R. Schwartz and Stephanie Gripentrog. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 71. Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity Online, ISBN: 9789004365223. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary material / \'Judaean\' or \'Jew\'? How should we translate Ioudaios in Josephus? / Jewish worship and universal identity in Philo of Alexandria / Die Beteiligung von Nichtjuden am Jerusalemer Tempelkult / The woman as \'Other\' in rabbinic literature / Doing like jews or becoming a jew? Josephus on women converts to judaism / Die Jüdische Integration in die Oberschicht Alexandriens und die Angebliche Apostasie des Tiberius Julius Alexander / Philo on the Nile / Die Gemeinderegel von Qumran und das Antike Vereinswesen / Der Kaiserkult in Judäa unter Herodischer und Römischer Herrschaft:Zu Herausbildung und Herausforderung neuer Konzepte Jüdischer Herrschaftslegitimation / Die Jüdische Diaspora Kleinasiens und der \'Epigraphic Habit\' / Paul’s jewish identity / Das Aposteldekret—Halacha für Heidenchristen oder Christliche Rücksichtnahme auf Jüdische Tabus? / Indexes / J. Frey , D.R. Schwartz and S. Gripentrog -- Daniel R. Schwartz -- Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer -- Stefan Krauter -- Tal Ilan -- Daniel R. Schwartz -- Gottfried Schimanowski -- Sarah K. Pearce -- Randolf Herrmann -- Monika Bernett -- Walter Ameling -- Jörg Frey -- Roland Deines -- J. Frey , D.R. Schwartz and S. Gripentrog.

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The articles discuss various aspects of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman period. Was there a common ‘Jewish’ identity, and how could it be defined? How could different groups develop and maintain their identity within the challenge of Hellenistic and early Roman culture? What about the images of ‘others’? How could some of those ‘others’ adopt a Jewish lifestyle or identity, whereas others, abandoned their inherited identity? Among the questions discussed are the translation of Ioudaios, Jewish and universal identity in Philo, the status of women and their conversion to Judaism, the participation of non-Jews in the temple cult, the practice of Emperor worship in Judaea, and the image of Egypt and the Nile as ‘others’ in Philo. Two articles enter the debate whether Jewish identity had an ongoing influence within early Christianity, in Paul and in the rules known as the Apostolic Decree.


Text in English and German.

9789047421559

10.1163/ej.9789004158382.i-435 DOI

2007031050

GBA765000 bnb

013819020 Uk


Jews in the New Testament.
Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Jews--Identity.
Judaism (Christian theology)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

DS143 / .J4565 2007

305.892/4038