Description: Further DetailsTitle: From Jerusalem Priest to Roman JewCondition: NewSubtitle: On Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient JudaismEAN: 9783161523861ISBN: 9783161523861Publisher: Mohr SiebeckFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/29/2013Description: In this study, Michael Tuval examines the religion of Flavius Josephus diachronically. The author suggests that because Diaspora Jews could not participate regularly in the cultic life of the Jerusalem Temple, they developed other paradigms of Judaic religiosity. He interprets Josephus as a Jew who began his career as a Judean priest but moved to Rome and gradually became a Diaspora intellectual. Josephus' first work, Judean War, reflects a Judean priestly view of Judaism, with the Temple and cult at the center. After these disappeared, there was not much hope left in the religious realm. Tuval also analyzes Antiquities of the Jews, which was written fifteen years later. Here the religious picture has been transformed drastically. The Temple has been marginalized or replaced by the law which is universal and perfect for all humanity. The book is optimistic about the future of Judaism, and does not hint that the absence of the Temple hinders human-divine communication. Paradoxically, in later years Josephus continued to emphasize his priestly identity. The explanation offered for this anomaly is a complex one. The author also argues that Josephus continued to see the priests as the natural leaders of post-destruction Judaism.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 154mmItem Length: 231mmItem Weight: 557gAuthor: Michael TuvalGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Literary CriticismBook Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. ReiheRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew
Title: From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew
Subtitle: On Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient Judaism
EAN: 9783161523861
ISBN: 9783161523861
Release Date: 10/29/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 154mm
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 345 Pages
Publication Name: From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew : on Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient Judaism
Language: English
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Judaism / History, Judaism / General, Jewish
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Author: Michael Tuval
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
