Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12511378
Gad Barnea
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Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12511381
Joseph Scales
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Pub Date : 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10078
Tyler Horton, Andrew Keenan, Timothy Lee, Robert Walker, Travis Wright, Marieke Dhont
Abstract In this article, a tribute to James Aitken by his students and postdoctoral collaborator, several case studies are presented that demonstrate how situating the Septuagint within its Post-classical Greek context can add significantly to our understanding of the textual-linguistic character of the Septuagint translations. They include a new approach to understanding parataxis with καί in the Greek Pentateuch, morphology and word formation in relation to presumed neologisms in Greek Jeremiah, lexical choice related to verbs of “pouring” in kaige , verbal periphrasis with ποιέω in Greek Genesis, the expression of motion in Greek Exodus, and the literary expression of “to die” in Greek Genesis. While we do not deny the existence of interference in the translations, we argue that its extent has been overstated. Through examples that showcase semantic and syntactic sensitivity on the part of the translators, we demonstrate various approaches to positioning the Septuagint within the history of Greek.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10075
Natalie B. Dohrmann
Abstract Yair Furstenberg’s article in this issue, “The Rabbinic Movement from Pharisees to Provincial Jurists” ( DOI : 10.1163/15700631-bja10070), ties what he sees as the changing boundaries of torah law at the hands of the Tannaim to changes in the legal landscape of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire in the second century. This brief essay is a response to the article, musing on its implications and raising questions for future research.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10076
Ishay Rosen-Zvi
Abstract In recent years, a new generation of Talmud scholars rediscovered Roman law as a valuable comparative tool. In addition to localized comparisons, several broad syntheses have been offered by scholars regarding Roman law and rabbinic halakhic thinking. In his article in this issue, “The Rabbinic Movement from Pharisees to Provincial Jurists” (doi: 10.1163/15700631-bja10070), Yair Furstenberg offers to explain the rise of the field of civil law in later Tannaitic literature as part of the rise of the local jurist in the eastern provinces. I seize the opportunity of Furstenberg’s novel thesis to rethink recent trends of comparing Tannaitic halakhah and Roman law and their limitations.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10077
Amit Gvaryahu
Abstract This article is a discussion of two Greek loanwords found in the Rabbinic text Song of Songs Rabbah . It shows that these words are best identified and explained through a comparison with a Stoic theory of fire, described and refuted by Philo of Alexandria. That these words, both hapax legomena in Rabbinic literature, are used in the Midrash show that at least some rabbis were conversant in Greek scientific terminology—and perhaps specifically with a version of this Stoic dispute. The uses to which these terms were put show that the rabbis deployed their vast, specialized knowledge where it was most important to them: interpreting the scriptures.
{"title":"Loanwords in the Fiery Furnace","authors":"Amit Gvaryahu","doi":"10.1163/15700631-bja10077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-bja10077","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article is a discussion of two Greek loanwords found in the Rabbinic text Song of Songs Rabbah . It shows that these words are best identified and explained through a comparison with a Stoic theory of fire, described and refuted by Philo of Alexandria. That these words, both hapax legomena in Rabbinic literature, are used in the Midrash show that at least some rabbis were conversant in Greek scientific terminology—and perhaps specifically with a version of this Stoic dispute. The uses to which these terms were put show that the rabbis deployed their vast, specialized knowledge where it was most important to them: interpreting the scriptures.","PeriodicalId":45167,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Judaism","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134970879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10073
James K. Aitken†, Marieke Dhont
Abstract The language of the Septuagint is not only a linguistic question: evaluations of the language have been intertwined with presuppositions on the social context of Jews in antiquity, in particular their linguistic competency, educational background, and position within the Graeco-Roman society. Recent work has rehabilitated the position of Jews in ancient society and with it came a renewed quest for understanding the social locus of the language of the Septuagint and related Jewish-Greek writings. In order to appreciate the language of the Septuagint, we need to contextualize it appropriately within the history of Greek, diachronically and synchronically. The dedication of a special issue to the present topic by Journal for the Study of Judaism signals the recognition of the importance of the Septuagint for the wider discipline. In this introduction, the editors lay out recent trends in the field and discuss its challenges.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10074
Matan Orian
Abstract In discussing the dismantling and transport of the tabernacle and its furnishings, Numbers 4:20 prohibits any viewing of the “holy,” except by Aaron, the priest, and his sons. Philo of Alexandria, as well as several modern scholars, read this as a prohibition on any non-priestly viewing of the sacred, Jewish cultic vessels, including the menorah, the shewbread table and the incense altar. Accordingly, a dominant view in research holds that during the Second Temple period these cultic utensils were concealed from the sight of non-priests. However, this view partly overlooks and partly misinterprets our main source in that respect: Josephus indicates that the Jewish holy vessels were actually displayed to the Jewish crowd gathered in the temple court during the Second Temple period. This is supported by the images on certain Hasmonean coins as well as by later texts, such as P.Oxy. 840 and rabbinic literature.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-14DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12511377
Marieke Dhont
{"title":"Special Issue: The Septuagint within the History of Greek","authors":"Marieke Dhont","doi":"10.1163/15700631-12511377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12511377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45167,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Judaism","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135264360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-17DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12511376
M. Shahar
{"title":"Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile, written by Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi From a Holy Goy to a Shabbat Goy: The Emergence and Persistence of the Jews’ Other, written by Ishay Rosen-Zvi and Adi Ophir","authors":"M. Shahar","doi":"10.1163/15700631-12511376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12511376","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45167,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Judaism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43102577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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