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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815050903321

Autore

Nodet Etienne

Titolo

A search for the origins of Judaism : from Joshua to the Mishnah / / Etienne Nodet ; translated by Ed Crowley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997

ISBN

1-281-80388-X

9786611803889

0-567-59281-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 pages)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 248

Disciplina

296/.09/014

Soggetti

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Sabbath - History

Samaritans - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This English edition reshapes the French original to a considerable degree; in addition to numerous corrections and clarifications, it offers a clearer analysis of the Maccabaean crisis ... as well as new developments on the Sadducees ... and on Jewish Galilee"--P. 12-13.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction to the English Edition; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 FROM CYRUS TO THE MISHNAH: SOME PROBLEMS; Chapter 2 THE SABBATH AND WAR; Chapter 3 THE SABBATH IN THE BIBLE; Chapter 4 THE SAMARITANS AND SHECHEM; Chapter 5 ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE SAMARITANS; Chapter 6 THE MACCABAEAN CRISIS; Chapter 7 SIMON THE JUST, HILLEL, THE MISHNAH; Chapter 8 EZRA AND NEHEMIAH; Chapter 9 CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Translated by J. Edward Crowley. This radical reconstruction of the origins of Judaism starts by observing that Josephus's sources on the early history of Israel do not agree with the Bible and that the oldest rabbinic traditions show no sign of a biblical foundation. Another interesting question is raised by the Samaritan claim, at the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, that they had only recently received the Sabbath from the Jews. From such details, Nodet creates a comprehensive line of argument that reveals two major sources of Judaism, as symbolized



in the subtitle of his work: Joshua was the o