Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World

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.

ISBN 9004158383   DEWEY 305.892 ISBN13 9789004158382 (What's this?)   Pages 435 Publisher Brill Academic Publishers   Volumes 1 Imprint BRILL ACADEMIC PUB   Weight (grammes) 944 Format Hardback   Series ISSN 71 Publication date 01 Aug 2007   Height (mm) 243 Library of Congress DS143   Width (mm) 168

		"Judaean" or "Jew"? : how should we translate ioudaios in Josephus? by Daniel R. Schwartz		3
		Jewish worship and universal identity in Philo of Alexandria by Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer		29
		Die Beteiligung von Nichtjuden am Jerusalemer Tempelkult by Stefan Krauter		55
		The woman as "other" in Rabbinic literature by Tal Ilan		77
		Doing like Jews or becoming a Jew? : Josephus on women converts to Judaism by Daniel R. Schwartz		93
		Die judische integration in die Oberschicht Alexandriens und die angebliche Apostasie des Tiberius Julius Alexander by Gottfried Schimanowski		111
		Philo on the Nile by Sarah K. Pearce		137
		Die Gemeinderegel von Qumran und das antike Vereinswesen by Randolf Herrmann		161
		Der Kaiserkult in Judaa unter herodischer und romischer Herrschaft : Zu Herausbildung und Herausforderung neuer Konzepte judischer Herrschaftslegitimation by Monika Bernett		205
		Die judische Diaspora Kleinasiens und der "epigraphic habit" by Walter Ameling		253
		Paul's Jewish identity by Jorg Frey		285
		Das Aposteldekret - Halacha fur Heidenchristen oder christliche Rucksichtnahme auf judische Tabus? by Roland Deines		323

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