This volume brings together studies by experts in the rabbinic literature of late antiquity and by specialists in the history of the Jews in that period in order to reveal the value of rabbinic material as historical evidence and the problems and issues which arise in its exploitation.
A substantial introductory section discusses the current state of knowledge about Palestine in this period and debates about the difficulties involved in editing and dating rabbinic texts. Specific core texts and text categories are then introduced to the reader in a series of ten discrete studies. The volume concludes with six thematic analyses which illustrate the use and limitations of rabbinic evidence for cultural, religious, political, economic and social history.
This volume will be essential reading for all scholars concerned with the history of the later Roman Empire.
| ISBN: | 9780197264744 |
| Publication date: | 13th January 2011 |
| Author: | Martin Goodman, Philip S Alexander, British Academy |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 419 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history Ancient history |
This volume brings together studies by experts in the rabbinic literature of late antiquity and by specialists in the history of the Jews in that period in order to reveal the value of rabbinic material as historical evidence and the problems and issues which arise in its exploitation.
A substantial introductory section discusses the current state of knowledge about Palestine in this period and debates about the difficulties involved in editing and dating rabbinic texts. Specific core texts and text categories are then introduced to the reader in a series of ten discrete studies. The volume concludes with six thematic analyses which illustrate the use and limitations of rabbinic evidence for cultural, religious, political, economic and social history.
This volume will be essential reading for all scholars concerned with the history of the later Roman Empire.
Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, Ancient history
Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine is available in Hardback
Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine was written by Martin Goodman, Philip S Alexander, British Academy and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine has 419 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series
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