Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole: Categorizing Works of Jewish Historiography of the Second Temple Period

The categories of Jewish historiography of the Second Temple Period frame how scholars and their students approach crucial texts of this era and therefore shape our understanding of history. Yet, these categories are fraught with difficulties. This article explores this issue by examining Daniel R....

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1. VerfasserIn: Finkelstein, Ari 1971- (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Jahr: 2018, Band: 49, Heft: 3, Seiten: 303-329
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Exegese / Rabbinismus
weitere Schlagwörter:B Jüdische Literatur
B Second Temple historiography Daniel R. Schwartz
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Zusammenfassung:The categories of Jewish historiography of the Second Temple Period frame how scholars and their students approach crucial texts of this era and therefore shape our understanding of history. Yet, these categories are fraught with difficulties. This article explores this issue by examining Daniel R. Schwartz’s categorization of Second Temple historiography as either Palestinian or diasporan works. While these categories provide interesting insights, they also leave far too many exceptions. This article demonstrates that such efforts of categorization warp our understanding of Second Temple historiography. Rather than categorize Second Temple historiography I suggest that each work ought to be considered from the point of view of its author’s aims.
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ISSN:1570-0631
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12492197