Antiquity

The Talmud in Its Iranian Context

Edited by Carol Bakhos and Rahim Shayegan

This volume reflects cutting edge scholarship in the field of rabbinics and Iranian Studies by exploring the Iranian background of one of the cornerstones of the Jewish tradition, the Babylonian Talmud, which was composed under the rule of Sasanian emperors.   (read more...)

 

Antiquity

Morten H. Jensen Herod Antipas in Galilee

The Literary and Archaeological Sources on the Reign of Herod Antipas and its Socio-Economic Impact on Galilee

"This book should be read by all serious scholars of the history, politics and social-context of first-century Galilee. This study is a superb piece of scholarship and forms the new benchmark in shaping understandings of Herod Antipas." Paul Foster in The Expository Times 118 (2007), S. 542-543   (read more...)

 

Antiquity

Dorothea M. Salzer Die Magie der Anspielung

Form und Funktion der biblischen Anspielungen in den magischen Texten der Kairoer Geniza

[The Magic of Allusions. The Form and Function of Biblical Allusions in the Magical Texts of the Cairo Genizah.]

Dorothea M. Salzer studies the use of biblical quotations and allusions in the Hebrew and Aramaic magical texts which were found among the manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah.   (read more...)

Antiquity

Marius Heemstra The Fiscus Judaicus and the Parting of the Ways

Drawing special attention to the Roman and Jewish context of the Book of Revelation, the Letter to the Hebrews, and the Gospel of John, Marius Heemstra argues that the “harsh” administration of the Fiscus Judaicus (96 CE) accelerated the parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity, resulting in two separate religions.   (read more...)