A Treasury of Jewish Coins from the Persian Period to Bar Kokhba
Author: Yaʻaḳov Meshorer
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9789652171894
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The Second Jewish Revolt
Author: Menahem Mor
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016-04-18
Total Pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9004314636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The Second Jewish Revolt: The Bar Kokhba War, 132-136 C.E., Menahem Mor offers a detailed account on the Bar Kokhba Revolt in an attempt to understand the second revolt against the Romans.
The Language Environment of First Century Judaea
Author: Randall Buth
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-03-06
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9004264418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The articles in this collection demonstrate that a change is taking place in New Testament studies. Throughout the twentieth century, New Testament scholarship primarily worked under the assumption that only two languages, Aramaic and Greek, were in common use in the land of Israel in the first century. The current contributors investigate various areas where increasing linguistic data and changing perspectives have moved Hebrew out of a restricted, marginal status within first-century language use and the impact on New Testament studies. Five articles relate to the general sociolinguistic situation in the land of Israel during the first century, while three articles present literary studies that interact with the language background. The final three contributions demonstrate the impact this new understanding has on the reading of Gospel texts.
On Stone and Scroll
Author: James K. Aitken
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-07-27
Total Pages: 605
ISBN-13: 3110228068
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The volume On Stone and Scroll addresses biblical exegesis from the historical, archaeological, theological, and linguistic perspectives, and discusses many of the issues central to the interpretation of the Bible. It is written by colleagues and former students of Graham Davies in his honour on his retirement. It covers three main areas central to his work: inscriptional and archaeological, including socio-historical, studies; theological and exegetical studies, especially of Exodus and the Prophets; and semantic studies. A lasting focus of Graham’s work has been the combination of sources that he has utilised in the interpretation of the biblical text. His approach has been distinctive in biblical studies in his combining of archaeological, inscriptional, linguistic and theological evidence for a deeper understanding of text. His work has ranged from archaeological studies, through an edition of Hebrew inscriptions, contributions to Hebrew semantics and biblical theology, to exegesis of the Pentateuch and Prophets. The essays in this volume reflect that broad view of Old Testament study.
Jewish Art in Late Antiquity
Author: Dr Shulamit Laderman
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-06
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9004509585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This survey of ancient Jewish art traces Tabernacle implements and their iconographic development from the Second Temple period until late sixth century CE. It examines appearances of seven-branch menorah, Torah ark, and other motifs found in archeological discoveries of burial art synagogue decorations.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage
Author: William Metcalf
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2012-02-23
Total Pages: 708
ISBN-13: 0195305744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship.
Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient Galilee
Author: Jürgen Zangenberg
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9783161490446
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Twenty-two articles based on papers read at conferences at Cambridge, Wuppertal and Yale by experts from 7 countries shed light on a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. In these papers, ancient Galilee emerges as a dynamic region of continuous change, in which religion, 'ethnicity', and 'identity' were not static monoliths but had to be negotiated in the context of a multiform environment subject to different influences.
Chronicles and the Politics of Davidic Restoration
Author: David Janzen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-05-18
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0567675491
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →David Janzen argues that the Book of Chronicles is a document with a political message as well as a theological one and moreover, that the book's politics explain its theology. The author of Chronicles was part of a 4th century B.C.E. group within the post-exilic Judean community that hoped to see the Davidides restored to power, and he or she composed this work to promote a restoration of this house to the position of a client monarchy within the Persian Empire. Once this is understood as the political motivation for the work's composition, the reasons behind the Chronicler's particular alterations to source material and emphasis of certain issues becomes clear. The doctrine of immediate retribution, the role of 'all Israel' at important junctures in Judah's past, the promotion of Levitical status and authority, the virtual joint reign of David and Solomon, and the decision to begin the narrative with Saul's death can all be explained as ways in which the Chronicler tries to assure the 4th century assembly that a change in local government to Davidic client rule would benefit them. It is not necessary to argue that Chronicles is either pro-Davidic or pro-Levitical; it is both, and the attention Chronicles pays to the Levites is done in the service of winning over a group within the temple personnel to the pro-Davidic cause, just as many of its other features were designed to appeal to other interest groups within the assembly.
Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 2
Author: David A Fiensy
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015-11-01
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 1506401953
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This second of two volumes on Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods focuses on the site excavations of towns and villages and what these excavations may tell us about the history of settlement in this important period. The important site at Sepphoris is treated with four short articles, while the rest of the articles focus on a single site and include site plans, diagrams, maps, photographs of artifacts and structures, and extensive bibliographic listings. The articles in the volume have been written by an international group of experts on Galilee in this period: Christians, Jews, and secular scholars, many of whom are also regular participants in the twenty site excavations featured in the volume. The volume also features detailed maps of Galilee, a gallery of color images, timelines related to the period, and helpful indices. Together with Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society, this volume provides the latest word of these topics for the expert and nonexpert alike.
