Households, Sects, and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14447-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 102, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

This book suggests a new approach to the social history of Jewish religious movements in the Second Temple and early Rabbinic periods. It argues that most of these movements and their traditions emerged within the context of complex interaction between traditional families and disciple circles.
The first part of the book examines the development of Jewish religious movements during the Second Temple period. It culminates with the discussion of the Dead Sea Sect, which is analyzed as the first unambiguous example of a movement shifting from a social structure based on families to a social structure based on disciple circles. The second part of the book discusses the history of pharisaic and early rabbinic movements from a similar perspective.
Topics covered in the book will be of interest to scholars of Judaism and Early Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sivertsev, Alexei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode

Über Autor(innen)

Alexei M. Sivertsev, Ph.D. (2001) in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University. He has published a series of articles on Judaism in Anitquity. His first monograph Private Households and Public Politics in 3rd-5th Century Jewish Palestine was published by Mohr Siebeck in 2002.