The invention of Judaism Torah and Jewish identity from Deuteronomy to Paul

Judaism is often understood as the way of life defined by the Torah of Moses, but it was not always so. This book identifies key moments in the rise of the Torah, beginning with the formation of Deuteronomy, advancing through the reform of Ezra, the impact of the suppression of the Torah by Antiochu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Collins, John Joseph, 1946- autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press cop. 2017
Series:The Taubman lectures in Jewish studies ; 7
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Jews, Judeans, and the Maccabean crisis
  • Deuteronomy and the invention of the Torah
  • The Persian period
  • Non-Mosaic Judaism
  • Torah as narrative and wisdom
  • Torah as law
  • Torah and apocalypticism
  • The law in the diaspora
  • Paul and the law.