Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 426 pages) |
Series |
Hellenistic culture and society ; 31 |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
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Hellenistic culture and society ; 31.
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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Contents |
pt. I. Who was a Jew? -- 1. Was Herod Jewish? -- 2. "Those Who Say They Are Jews and Are Not": How Do You Know a Jew in Antiquity When You See One? -- 3. Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew -- pt. II. The Boundary Crossed: Becoming a Jew -- 4. From Ethnos to Ethno-religion -- 5. Crossing the Boundary and Becoming a Jew -- 6. Ioudaizein, "to Judaize" -- 7. The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony -- pt. III. The Boundary Violated: The Union of Diverse Kinds -- 8. The Prohibition of Intermarriage -- 9. The Matrilineal Principle -- 10. Israelite Mothers, Israelite Fathers: Matrilineal Descent and the Inequality of the Convert -- Epilogue: Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness: Us and them -- App. A. Was Martial's Slave Jewish? -- App. B. Was Menophilus Jewish? -- App. C. Was Trophimus Jewish? -- App. D. Was Timothy Jewish? |
Summary |
In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity (membership in a descent group, a function of birth), nationality (citizenship in a state, a function of politics), religion (membership in a group characterized by various beliefs and practices), or all three. These fundamental conceptions were already in place in antiquity; the peculiar combination of ethnicity, nationality, and religion that would characterize Jewishness through the centuries first took shape in the second century B.C.E |
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This book studies the ways in which these elements were understood and applied in the construction of Jewish identity - by Jews, by gentiles and by the state - in such a way that the question "Who was a Jew?" could be variously answered |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and indexes |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500
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Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500
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Interfaith marriage -- History -- To 1500
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Jewish converts -- History -- To 1500
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Intermarriage -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Jewish converts
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Intermarriage
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Conversion -- Judaism
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Interfaith marriage
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Jews -- Identity
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Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism)
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Joden.
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Proselitisme.
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Gemengd huwelijk.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Judaism.
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Judaïsme -- 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
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Juifs -- Identité collective -- Jusqu'à 1500.
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Prosélytes et prosélytisme juifs -- Jusqu'à 1500.
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Mariage mixte -- Jusqu'à 1500.
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Romeinse rijk.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
98039899 |
ISBN |
9780520926271 |
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0520926277 |
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0585246432 |
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9780585246437 |
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