The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 4, The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period [Hardcover]

This fourth volume covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam.Volume four of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. It focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.Volume four of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. It focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.The fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from 70 CE to 640 CE (the rise of Islam), addressing the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history during this crucial era. The volume is especially strong in its coverage of the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections. In addition, it surveys the growth of early Jewish mystical literature and the liturgical literature of the developing synagogue.Introduction Steven J. Katz; 1. Social, political and economic life in the land of Israel, 70c.235 Seth Schwartz; 2. The Diaspora from 66c.235: (a) The Jews in Egypt and Cyrenaica, 66c.235 Allen Kerkeslager; (b) Jews in Carthage and western north Africa, 70c.235 Claudia Setzer; (c) The Jews in Asia Minor, 70c.235 Paul Trebilco; (d) The Jews in Babylonia, 70-c.235 David Goldblatt; 3. The uprising in the Jewish Diaspora, 115117 Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev; 4. The Bar Kochba Revolt, 132135 Hanan Eshel; 5. The legal status of Jews in the Roman empire Amnon Linder; 6. Jewish art and architecture in the land of Israel, 70c.235 Eric M. Meyers; 7. The destruction of the Jerusalem temple: its meaning and its consequences Robert Gol£,