Seeking Out the Land
Intro -- Contents -- Editorial Statement -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Purpose of the Book -- The Approach of the Ancients to the Bible -- Chapter 1 The Geography of the Land in Second Temple Literature -- 1.1 Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- 1.1...
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2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Safrai, Zeev, Seeking out the land] (2019) (Cordoni de Gmeinbauer, Constanza, 1976 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Jewish and Christian Perspectives Ser
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Safrai, Ze'ev: Seeking Out the Land: Land of Israel Traditions in Ancient Jewish, Christian and Samaritan Literature (200 BCE - 400 CE). - Boston : BRILL,c2018. - 9789004334793 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Editorial Statement -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Purpose of the Book -- The Approach of the Ancients to the Bible -- Chapter 1 The Geography of the Land in Second Temple Literature -- 1.1 Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- 1.1.1 The Land as Backdrop of the Narrative -- 1.1.2 Praises of the Land: The Letter of Aristeas -- 1.1.3 Descriptions of Biblical Events -- 1.1.4 Extrabiblical Narratives -- 1.1.5 Fictitious Geography -- 1.2 Greek Jewish Writers from Egypt -- 1.2.1 Philo -- 1.2.2 Eupolemus, Theodotus -- 1.3 The Septuagint -- 1.4 The Essene Writings -- 1.4.1 The Attitude toward the Land -- 1.4.2 Actual Information on the Land -- Chapter 2 The Description of the Land of Israel in Josephus' Works -- 2.1 The Description of the Land of Israel (War 3:35-58) -- 2.1.1 Sources -- 2.1.2 Additions -- 2.1.2.1 The Description of Samaria -- 2.1.2.2 Idumaea -- 2.1.2.3 Coastal Region -- 2.1.2.4 Administrative Division -- 2.1.2.5 Agrippa's Kingdom -- 2.2 Jericho and Gennesar (War 3:506-521, 4:451-476) -- 2.3 Jerusalem, Jotapata, Gamala, Machaerus, and Masada -- 2.4 Biblical Geography in Josephus -- 2.5 The Portions of the Tribes -- 2.6 Scattered Descriptions -- 2.6.1 Identifications -- 2.6.2 Additions -- 2.6.3 Anachronistic Terminology -- 2.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 3 The Land in Rabbinic Literature -- 3.1 The Land-Dependent Commandments -- 3.1.1 Halakha and Sanctity -- 3.1.2 The 'Impurity of Non-Jewish Lands' -- 3.1.3 The Land-Dependent Commandments -- 3.1.3.1 The 'Canonical' Halakhic Rule -- 3.1.3.2 The Land-Dependent Commandments in Second Temple Literature -- 3.1.3.3 Josephus -- 3.1.3.4 Sectarian Literature -- 3.1.3.5 Rabbinic Sources - First Century -- 3.1.3.6 Land-Dependent Commandments in Rabbinic Literature - The Basic Explanation 3.1.3.7 Heave Offerings and Tithes Outside the Land -- 3.1.3.8 Syria -- 3.1.3.9 Main Conclusions -- 3.1.3.10 The Reasons for the Creation of the Various Halakhot -- 3.1.4 'The Territory Occupied by Those Who Came Up from Babylonia' -- 3.1.5 The Baraita of the Borders of the Land of Israel -- 3.1.6 Additional Halakhic Areas -- 3.2 Geographical Implications of the Halakhot Relating to the Land -- 3.2.3 Demography -- 3.2.3.1 The Law of Foodstuffs -- 3.2.3.2 Personal Lineage -- 3.2.3.3 The Priestly Courses -- 3.2.1 Geographical Divisions and Enumerations -- 3.2.2 Social Geography -- 3.2.2.1 Classification of Settlements -- 3.2.2.2 Definition of Settlement Boundaries -- 3.2.2.3 Definition of Roads -- 3.3 Praises of the Land -- 3.4 Biblical Geography -- 3.4.1 Interest in the Bible -- 3.4.2 Interest in Ancient Geography -- 3.4.3 Ancient Geography as a Halakhic Factor -- 3.4.4 Academic Geography: Amoraic Interpretation of Tannaic Sources -- 3.4.5 The Theological Map -- 3.5 Forms of Representation of the Land -- 3.5.1 Biblical Interpretation -- 3.5.1.1 Literal Exegesis -- 3.5.1.2 Homiletic Interpretation -- 3.5.1.3 Interpretation from Actual Reality -- 3.5.1.4 Interpretation Reflective of Geographical Traditions -- 3.5.2 Etymology -- 3.5.2.1 Realistic Etymology -- 3.5.2.2 Homiletic Etymology -- 3.5.3 Identification -- 3.5.3.1 Realistic Identification -- 3.5.3.2 Homiletic Identification -- 3.5.3.3 Allegorical Identifications -- 3.5.3.4 Identification from the Speaker's Present -- 3.5.3.5 Identification Based on Tradition -- 3.5.4 Conclusion -- 3.6 The Land of Israel in the Aramaic Targumim -- 3.6.1 Ways of Translating Names -- 3.6.2 Analytical Methodology -- 3.6.3 The Actual Renderings of Place Names -- 3.6.4 Geography and the Problem of Dating the Targumim -- 3.6.5 The Boundaries of the Land in the Targumim 3.7 The Attitude toward the Land in the Babylonian Talmud -- 3.7.1 The Halakhic Aspect -- 3.7.2 The Land of Israel without Messiah -- 3.7.3 Accepting the Situation of Exile -- Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Concept of the Sanctity of the Land -- 4.1 Concern for the Land per se -- 4.2 Jerusalem as a Model -- 4.3 The Origins of the Explicit Concept -- 4.4 Organizational Frameworks -- 4.5 After the Destruction of the Temple -- 4.6 The Expansion of the Concept after the Bar Kokhba War -- Chapter 5 The Land in Early Christian Literature -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Theological Interest: The Sanctity of the Land -- 5.2.1 Jesus and the Gospels -- 5.2.2 The Epistles and the Apostolic Period -- 5.3 Factual Attitudes toward Jerusalem and the Temple -- 5.4 The Downgrading of Jerusalem and the Land -- 5.4.1 Judeo-Christian Writings -- 5.4.2 The Church Fathers -- 5.4.3 The Turning Point in the Fourth Century -- 5.4.3.1 The Socio-Political Background -- 5.4.3.2 'Second' or 'Other' Jerusalems -- 5.4.3.3 The Restored Sanctity of Jerusalem -- 5.4.4 The Rise of Pilgrimage -- 5.5 Actual Concern with the Land -- 5.5.1 The New Testament -- 5.5.2 The Pre-Constantinian Fathers -- 5.5.3 Eusebius and the Onomasticon -- 5.5.3.1 Chronological Analysis of the Geographical References -- 5.5.3.2 Composition History -- 5.5.3.3 The Entries from the Gospels -- 5.5.3.4 A Jewish Vorlage? -- 5.5.3.5 Familiarity with the Land -- 5.5.3.6 The Identifications -- 5.5.3.7 Summary -- 5.5.3.8 Other Works by Eusebius -- 5.5.4 Other Post-Constantinian Fathers -- 5.5.4.1 Epiphanius -- 5.5.4.2 Jerome -- 5.5.4.3 Pilgrims' Literature -- 5.5.4.4 The Vulgate -- 5.5.4.5 Cyril of Jerusalem -- 5.5.4.6 The Syrian Fathers -- 5.5.4.7 The Peshitta -- 5.6 Forms of Preoccupation with the Land -- 5.6.1 Biblical Geography -- 5.6.2 The Geography of the Christian Community -- 5.6.3 Secular Geography 5.6.4 Geographical Expositions -- 5.6.5 Familiarity with the Land -- Chapter 6 The Land in Samaritan Literature -- 6.1 Samaritan Literature -- 6.2 The Centrality of Mount Gerizim -- 6.3 Baba Rabba's Division of the Land -- 6.3.1 Geographical Analysis -- 6.3.2 Conclusions -- 6.4 The Description of the Tribal Portions -- 6.4.1 Reliability -- 6.4.2 Historical Elements -- 6.4.3 Chronological Analysis -- 6.4.4 Conclusions -- 6.5 Indifference to the Land -- 6.6 The Samaritan Targum -- Chapter 7 Jewish and Christian Sacred Sites in the Holy Land -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Jewish Sacred Tombs and Holy Sites -- 7.2.1 Biblical Foundations -- 7.2.2 Jerusalem as a Holy Place in Mishna and Talmud -- 7.2.3 Tombs of the Righteous -- 7.2.4 Jewish Sacred Tombs in the Land -- 7.2.4.1 Hebron -- 7.2.4.2 The Tomb of Joshua -- 7.2.4.3 The Tombs of David and Solomon -- 7.2.4.4 Rachel's Tomb -- 7.2.4.5 The Tomb of Eleazar and Phinehas -- 7.2.4.6 The Tomb of Moses -- 7.2.5 Jewish Holy Sites in the Land -- 7.2.5.1 Shechem -- 7.2.5.2 Mount Hermon -- 7.2.5.3 The Mount of Olives -- 7.2.5.4 Mizpah -- 7.2.5.5 Mount Tabor -- 7.2.5.6 Mount Carmel -- 7.2.5.7 Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee -- 7.2.5.8 Mount Sinai -- 7.2.5.9 Bethel -- 7.2.5.10 Additional Sites -- 7.2.6 Evaluation -- 7.2.7 Rabbinic Sacred Sites in Babylonia -- 7.3 Christian Sacred Sites in the Holy Land -- 7.3.1 The Earliest Evidence -- 7.3.2 The Attitude toward Sacred Sites in the Onomasticon -- 7.3.3 The Cult of Holy Places in the Judeo-Christian Sects -- 7.3.4 The Change in the Fourth Century -- 7.3.5 Epiphanius' Vitae Prophetarum -- 7.3.6 The Rise of the Cult of Holy Places in Palaestina -- 7.3.6.1 Popular Tradition and Religious Establishment -- 7.3.6.2 The Institutionalization Process -- 7.3.7 The Roots of the Christian Cult of Saints in the Land -- 7.3.7.1 The Current Scholarly Proposals 7.3.7.2 The Development of the Cult of Saints -- 7.3.7.3 The Development of Pilgrimage -- 7.3.7.4 The Development of Sacred Sites and their Identification and Rediscovery -- 7.3.8 Summary: The Christian Cult of Sacred Sites as a Way of Life -- 7.4 Holy Places in Judaism and Christianity: Similarities and Differences -- Chapter 8 Concern with the Land in the Roman-Byzantine Period: An Overview -- 8.1 The Basic Attitude toward the Land and Jerusalem -- 8.2 The Sanctity of Jerusalem -- 8.3 Jewish and Christian Sacred Sites -- 8.4 Actual Concern with the Land -- 8.4.1 Motivations -- 8.4.2 Intensity -- 8.4.3 Knowledge of the Land -- 8.4.4 The Non-Geographical Map -- 8.5 Forms of Information about the Land -- 8.5.1 Interpretations -- 8.5.2 Traditions -- 8.5.3 Regional Identifications -- 8.5.4 Situation-Based Homilies -- Literature -- Source Editions -- Secondary Literature -- Subject Index -- Source Index |
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| ISBN: | 9004334823 |