02771nam 22005055 450 991016034690332120230509085420.00-520-96736-410.1525/9780520967366(CKB)3710000001021037(MiAaPQ)EBC4731915(StDuBDS)EDZ0001725394(DE-B1597)519393(OCoLC)954203790(DE-B1597)9780520967366(EXLCZ)99371000000102103720190920d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Invention of Judaism Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul /John J. CollinsBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (333 pages)Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies ;7Previously issued in print: 2017.0-520-29412-2 0-520-29411-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Introduction: Jews, Judeans, and the Maccabean Crisis --1. Deuteronomy and the Invention of the Torah --2. Torah in the Persian Period --3. The Persistence of Non-Mosaic Judaism --4. Torah as Narrative and Wisdom --5. Torah as Law --6. Torah and Apocalypticism --7. The Law in the Diaspora --8. Paul, Torah, and Jewish Identity --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources --Index of Modern AuthorsMost people understand Judaism to be the Torah and the Torah to be Judaism. However, in The Invention of Judaism, John J. Collins persuasively argues this was not always the case. The Torah became the touchstone for most of Judaism's adherents only in the hands of the rabbis of late antiquity. For 600 years prior, from the Babylonian Exile to the Roman destruction of the Second Temple, there was enormous variation in the way the Torah was understood. Collins provides a comprehensive account of the role of the Torah in ancient Judaism, exploring key moments in its history, beginning with the formation of Deuteronomy and continuing through the Maccabean revolt and the rise of Jewish sectarianism and early Christianity.Taubman lectures in Jewish studies ;7.JudaismHistoryTo 70 A.DJudaismHistory296.09/01BD 1220rvkCollins John J(John Joseph),1946-,283663DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910160346903321The Invention of Judaism2895765UNINA