The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity [Paperback]

This volume focuses on the major issues and debates in the study of Jews and Judaism in late antiquity (3^rd to 7^th c. C.E.), providing cutting-edge surveys of the state of scholarship, main topics and research questions, methodological approaches, and avenues for future research.

1. Introduction: Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity, Catherine Hezser; PART I: Jews in the Byzantine Empire; 2. From Roman Palestine to a Christian Holy Land, Hagith Sivan; 3. Changes in the Infrastructure and Population of Byzantine Palestine, Claudine Dauphin; 4. Jews, Judaism, and the Christianization of the Roman Empire, Seth Schwartz; 5. Jews and the Imperial Cult, Holger Zellentin; PART II: Judaism and Christianity; 6. Jews and the Emergence of Christianity, Maren R. Niehoff; 7. Synagogues and Churches as the Centers of Local Communities, Alexei Sivertsev; 8. The Rabbinic Representation of Jesus and His Followers, Thierry Murcia; 9. The Church Fathers on Jews and Judaism, Burton L. Visotzky; 10. Institutionalization, Orthodoxy, and Hierarchy, Hayim Lapin; PART III: Rabbis, Jurists, Philosophers, and Holy Men; 11. Rabbis and the Image of the Intellectual, Catherine Hezser; 12. Rabbis and Jurists in the Roman East, Yair Furstenberg; 13. Personal Representations of the Holy, Michael L. Satlow; 14. Attitudes Toward the Body, Catherine Hezser