This paper analyses perceptions of the Christian ‘other’ in rabbinic and apocalyptic traditions in the period from Constantine to the emergence of Islam. The focus is on the reception of Daniel and particularly on traditions that utilise interpretations of Dan 12:1. The essay asks to what extent these traditions present reflections on Christian rule, and/or perceptions of Christian beliefs. The article examines traditions found in Ruth Rabbah, Pirqe Mashiaḥ and Otot ha-Mashiaḥ, which all utilise Dan 12:1 to outline concepts of Israel’s history in terms of religious status and election in relation to the ‘other’, and in different ways reveal perspectives on Christian Byzantine society in Late Antiquity. The different emphases of the exegetical traditions reflect historical change, especially with regard to the changing religio-political circumstances of the seventh century and an environment of increasing religious competition. In this way, one aspect of the reception of the Book of Daniel is explored to highlight an approach to Jewish-Christian relations after Constantine.
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Pub Date : 2018-03-01DOI: 10.1628/094457018X15154209777581
Mira Balberg, H. Weiss
: This article explores the literary trope of old age in rabbinic narratives, primarily in the Babylonian Talmud. We argue that rabbinic narratives construct old persons as liminal figures, occupying spaces between center and margins and between life and death, and that their liminality serves a subversive function in stories in which they appear. We begin the article by providing a brief survey of the paradigmatic roles played by elderly people in rabbinic narratives. In the remaining parts of the article, we offer close readings of two narrative units in which an elderly person acts in an aberrant, confusing, or divisive way and thus casts a shadow of doubt and uncertainty on the normative stance that governs the narrative or its greater context.
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Pub Date : 2018-03-01DOI: 10.1628/094457018X15154209777590
Federico Dal Bo
{"title":"Talmudic Angelology and the Tosafists: On Metatron in the Latin Translation of Tractates Sanhedrin and Avodah Zarah","authors":"Federico Dal Bo","doi":"10.1628/094457018X15154209777590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/094457018X15154209777590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1628/094457018X15154209777590","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47657533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-01DOI: 10.1628/094457018X15154209777563
M. Piotrkowski
{"title":"Josephus on Onias and the Oniad Temple","authors":"M. Piotrkowski","doi":"10.1628/094457018X15154209777563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/094457018X15154209777563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1628/094457018X15154209777563","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41623456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-01DOI: 10.1628/094457018X15154209777617
V. Sakal
{"title":"The Land of the Free? Orthodox Reactions to Religious Freedom in 19th and Early 20th-Century America","authors":"V. Sakal","doi":"10.1628/094457018X15154209777617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/094457018X15154209777617","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41984918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-01DOI: 10.1628/094457018X15154209777608
Johannes Burgers
{"title":"Beyond Belle Juive and Femme Fatale: Rewriting the Female Jewish Body in Fin-de-Siècle England, France and Germany","authors":"Johannes Burgers","doi":"10.1628/094457018X15154209777608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/094457018X15154209777608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1628/094457018X15154209777608","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43068216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talmud and Christianity: Introduction","authors":"M. Siegal, H. Zellentin, D. Weiss","doi":"10.1628/JSQ-2018-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/JSQ-2018-0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67507645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Hatred »Required by Religion«? Spinoza and Cohen on Hatred","authors":"M. Bienenstock","doi":"10.1628/JSQ-2018-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/JSQ-2018-0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67507498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cohen, Spinoza, and the Nature of Pantheism","authors":"Y. Melamed","doi":"10.1628/JSQ-2018-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1628/JSQ-2018-0007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42583,"journal":{"name":"Jewish Studies Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67507564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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