Shaye J. D. Cohen
Autor(a) de From the Maccabees to the Mishnah
About the Author
Shaye J. D. Cohen received a B.A. in classics from Yeshiva College in 1970, a M.A. in Judaica and rabbinic ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. in ancient history at Columbia University. A director and professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, he mostrar mais previously worked at the Jewish Theological Seminary as Dean of the Graduate School, and was a visiting Professor of History at Columbia University. Holding a keen interest in the history of Judaism and its social and legal boundaries, his published works include Josephus in Galilee and Rome: His Vita and Development as a Historian and From the Maccabees to the Mishnah: A Profile of Judaism. He has also written numerous articles and book chapters on the menstrual taboo in Judaism. He has received numerous honors, including the Faculty Fellow and Whiting Fellow from Columbia University, the Fellowship from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Shaye J. D. Cohen
Studies in Josephus and the Varieties of Ancient Judaism: Louis H. Feldman Jubilee Volume (2006) 9 exemplares
The Temple and the Synagogue 1 exemplar
The Political and Social History of the Jews in Greco-Roman Antiquity: The State of the Question 1 exemplar
Judaism and Jewishness 1 exemplar
Dayglo Spectres 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic Literature (2007) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares
Rabbinic Stories (Classics of Western Spirituality) (2002) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 73 exemplares
The Galilee in Late Antiquity (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) (1992) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives (The Religious Studies Monograph Series) (1984) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
The Idea of Biblical Interpretation: Essays in Honor of James L. Kugel (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of… (2004) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-10-21
- Sexo
- male
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- Obras
- 20
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- 8
- Membros
- 824
- Popularidade
- #30,963
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 41
The author begins by establishing definitions and a basic description of the history of the times. He explores the relationship between Jews and Gentiles and their cultural connections and separations, the range of Gentile reactions to Jews, the practices and beliefs of the "religion" of the Jews throughout the period; the community of the people and its institutions; the existence and nature of the sects (or lack thereof); text and canon; development of rabbinic Judaism; he concludes with the separation of Judaism and Christianity.
Throughout the author is in conversation with fellow scholars. I appreciated his insistence that Second Temple Judaism (and Gentile paganism, for that matter) were not creedal, based on belief, as Christianity and Islam would be, but orthopraxic in nature. He challenges assessments of the reasons for the separation of Judaism and Christianity and is far more sanguine about the "dominance" of the rabbis in Judaism during the Roman and early Byzantine periods.
It seems at times that the author is a little too overbearing with the reassessments (dare I say deconstruction?) of some previously commonly held views, especially about the relationship between "Judaism" and "Christianity"; it assuredly was a bit more fluid than a stark dichotomy but in the reassessment Jewish people conveniently seem much less specifically anti-Christian. Perhaps meager evidence is evidence in and of itself; perhaps it is only an indication of how much has been lost.
Nevertheless, overall, an important work for understanding the developments within Judaism through the Second Temple Period into the Rabbinic era.
**--galley received as part of early review program… (mais)