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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Aune, David. "On the Origins of the 'Council of Javneh' Myth," _JBL_
110:491-93
David L. Barr, 5/14/98.
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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.
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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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