IOUDAIOS-L
Bibliographical Suggestions

Collected here are bibliographical suggestions that have been made by members of IOUDAIOS-L. They are listed here in no particular order.

• Evans, Craig A. "Opposition to the Temple: Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls." In _Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls_, ed. J. H. Charlesworth, 235-253. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

  On those who had problems with the Temple (or its administration). Andrew Dolan, 3/6/97.

• Collins, John J. _Semeia_ 14 (1979).

  Proposes a definition of apocalypse as lterary genre. Andrew Dolan, 3/9/97.

• Sanders, E. P. "The Genre of Palestinian Jewish Apocalypses," in _Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World and the Near East_, ed. David Hellholm (Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1983), 447-459, esp. 454-459.

  A critique of Collins's definition in Semeia 14. Andrew Dolan, 3/9/97.

• Collins, A. Yarbro et al. _Semeia_ 36 (1986).

  A. Yarbro Collins and her group of christian apocalypse scholars added to the 1979 definition, to John J. Collins' approval. R. Glenn Wooden, 3/9/97.

• Neubauer, Adolf and S.R. Driver. The Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah According to Jewish Interpreters. 2 Vols. KTAV, 1969.

  An interesting collection of texts on Isaiah 53. David L. Barr, 3/11/97.

• Stern, Sacha. _Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings_. (Leiden: Brill, 1995).

  A very fine recent study of the boundaries of ethnic and religious identity in rabbinic Judaism. Martin S. Jaffee, 5/2/97.

• Amir, Y. "The Term Ioudaismos: A Study in Jewish-Hellenistic Self-Identification," in _Immanuel_ 14 (1982), 34-41.1.

  Another study of ethnic and religious identity. Martin S. Jaffee, 5/2/97.

• Barclay, John. _Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora from Alexander to Trajan (323 BCE - 117 CE)_ (Edinburgh : T&T Clark, 1996).

  On Roman citizenship and other questions concerning the identity of Diaspora Jews. Joel Marcus, 5/30/97

• Moore, George Foote. "Christian Writers on Judaism," _Harvard Theological Review_ 14 (1921): 227-54.

  Another required reading on understanding (a) ancient Judaism and (b) representations of it by Christian scholars (and those of nominal Christian background). Larry Hurtado, 6/17/97

• Mason, Steve. "Josephus on Canon and Scriptures." _Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation; vol. 1 From the Beginnings to the Middle Ages (Until 1300); part 1 Antiquity_, Volume 1, pp. 217-235. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996.

  Regarding Josephus's understanding of and use of scripture. Bob Kraft. 7/11/97

• Nodet, Etienne. _La Bible de Josephe, I: le Pentateuque (Paris: Cerf, 1996).

  Devoted entirely to a discussion of textual variants in Josephus's bible. Harold Scanlin. 7/20/97

• Avery-Peck, Alan J. "Oral Tradition (Judaism)." Anchor Bible Dictionary.

  A good introduction to the question of how old rabbinic oral tradition is. 2/20/98

• Richard, E. Randolpf. The Secretary in the Letters of Paul. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 42), Tübingen 1991.

  The most recent investigation of secretarial writing practices. Torrey Seland. 2/20/98

• VanderKam, James. "1 Enoch, Enochic Motifs, and Enoch in Early Christian Literature." In _The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity_ ed. J. VanderKam and W. Adler (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad N.T.; Van Gorcum/Fortress: Assen/Minneapolis, 1996) 33-101.

  Survey of Enoch in Christian sources. David Suter, Stephen Goranson, 4/5/98.

• Wright, Benjamin G., III. "'Fear the Lord and Honor the Priest': Ben Sira as Defender of the Jerusalem Priesthood." _The Book of Ben Sira in Modern Research_, edited by Pancratius C. Beentjes (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1997): 189-222.

  Ben Sira as critic of Enochic literature. David Suter, 4/5/98.

• Luedemann, Gerd. _Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles : studies in chronology_. Foreword by John Knox; trans. F. Stanley Jones (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984).

  Dating Paul's letters. Steve Mason, 4/9/98.

• H. Williams, Margaret. "The Meaning and Function of Ioudaios in Graeco-Roman Inscriptions," _Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik_ 116(1997): 249-62.

  "Williams offers corrections and adjustments to Ross Kraemer's influential studies of this subject, and, even more so, to P.J. Tomson's articles on the question." L. W. Hurtado, 10/23/97.

• Tov, Emanuel. "The Rabbinic tradition concerning the 'Alterations' etc." _The Journal for the Study of Judaism_ (15).

  Regarding the tradition in bMegillah 9a-b about intentional changes in the Septuagint. Matthew Kraus, 4/17/98.

• Lewis, Jack. "What Do We Mean by Jabneh?" _Journal of Bible and Religion_ 32 (1964): 125-32

  The classic study of the so-called "Council of Jamnia." Randall D. Chesnutt, 5/14/98

• Aune, David. "On the Origins of the 'Council of Javneh' Myth," _JBL_ 110:491-93

  David L. Barr, 5/14/98.

• James S. McLaren, _Turbulent Timea? Josephus and Scholarship on Judaea in the First Century CE_ ,Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield England, 1998.

  This new book deals with a methdology for using Josephus as a source in reconstructing the Judaean-Roman War of 66-73 CE. It is an excellent review of scholarship since 1973 and offers a new perspective on how to utilize Josephus' narrative critically and selectively. Jim Bloom, 8/23/98.

• Jacob Lauterbach, "Jesus in the Talmud", _Rabbinic Essays_, (KTAV, 1973) [Reprinted in Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, _Jewish Reflections on Jesus_].

  Jacob Lauterbach's essay "Jesus in the Talmud" is preferable to Klausner's treatment in Jesus of Nazareth. Talmudic passage are not translated. David Sandmel, 12/2/98.

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