Review of: T. Ilan et al. (eds.), Rabbinische Literatur, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2021
(2022)
Journal Article
Hezser, C. (2022). Review of: T. Ilan et al. (eds.), Rabbinische Literatur, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2021. Theologische Literaturzeitung, 147(1/2), 45-47
Outputs (241)
Review of: Reuven Kiperwasser, Going West: Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Providence, RI: Brown Judaic Studies, 2021) (2022)
Journal Article
Hezser, C. (2022). Review of: Reuven Kiperwasser, Going West: Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Providence, RI: Brown Judaic Studies, 2021). Journal for the Study of Judaism: In the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period, 53(3), 445-447. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12511346
Jewish Scribes in the Late Second Temple Period: Differences Between the Composition, Writing, and Interpretation of Texts (2022)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2022). Jewish Scribes in the Late Second Temple Period: Differences Between the Composition, Writing, and Interpretation of Texts. In R. Hakola, J. Orpana, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Scriptures in the Making: Texts and Their Transmission in Late Second Temple Judaism (149-172). Peeters
What Was Jewish about Jewish Slavery in Late Antiquity? (2022)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2022). What Was Jewish about Jewish Slavery in Late Antiquity?. In C. L. de Wet, M. Kahlos, & V. Vuolanto (Eds.), Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150-700 CE (129-148). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108568159.008Just like other late antique societies, Jewish society in late antique Palestine was a slaveholding society in which slavery was a common phenomenon of daily life. Even though the proportional numbers of slaves within the population would not have re... Read More about What Was Jewish about Jewish Slavery in Late Antiquity?.
'He Who Sits Crowned on the Throne of His Glory': Body Posture in Hekhalot Rabbati and in Rabbinic Literature (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). 'He Who Sits Crowned on the Throne of His Glory': Body Posture in Hekhalot Rabbati and in Rabbinic Literature. In D. Hamidovic, S. C. Mimouni, & L. Painchaud (Eds.), La "sacerdotalisation" dans les premiers écrits mystiques juifs et chrétiens (41-56). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.JAOC-EB.5.122765Body language constitutes a prominent feature of Hekhalot Rabbati's presentation of the mystical experience. This article compares the ways in which three types of movement - sitting on a chair, standing up before a status-higher person, kneeling and... Read More about 'He Who Sits Crowned on the Throne of His Glory': Body Posture in Hekhalot Rabbati and in Rabbinic Literature.
Catering to the Diaspora Within: Caesarea Maritima, Greek Prayer, and Rabbinic Judaism (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). Catering to the Diaspora Within: Caesarea Maritima, Greek Prayer, and Rabbinic Judaism. In M. Patzelt, J. Rüpke, & A. Weissenrieder (Eds.), Prayer and the Ancient City: Influences of Urban Space (63-76). Mohr Siebeck
L'esclavage entre loi et l'histoire: Judée, VIIIe siècle avant notre ère - IVe siècle (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). L'esclavage entre loi et l'histoire: Judée, VIIIe siècle avant notre ère - IVe siècle. In P. Ismard (Ed.), Les Mondes de L'esclavage. Une histoire comparée (61-66). Seuil
Neighbour, Townsperson, and Fellow Creature: The Regulation of Inter-Human Relationships in Palestinian Rabbinic Texts (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). Neighbour, Townsperson, and Fellow Creature: The Regulation of Inter-Human Relationships in Palestinian Rabbinic Texts. In M. Bjelland Kartzow (Ed.), The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbour in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Receptions (60-77). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003120674-3-5This chapter examines the representation of “others” in Palestinian rabbinic texts from late antiquity in the form of concentric circles from the immediate space of the residential neighborhood to fellow local townspeople to all humans as God’s creat... Read More about Neighbour, Townsperson, and Fellow Creature: The Regulation of Inter-Human Relationships in Palestinian Rabbinic Texts.
Did Palestinian Rabbis Know Roman Law? Methodological Considerations and Case Studies (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). Did Palestinian Rabbis Know Roman Law? Methodological Considerations and Case Studies. In K. Berthelot, N. Dohrmann, & C. Nemo-Pekelman (Eds.), Legal Engagement. The Reception of Roman Law and Tribunals by Jews and Other Inhabitants of the Empire (303-322). École française de Rome. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.efr.9843Palestinian rabbis of the first four centuries lived in an environment in which Roman law was practiced and Roman law schools existed. They would have
been aware of Roman legal practices through hearsay, observation, and everyday life experiences. P... Read More about Did Palestinian Rabbis Know Roman Law? Methodological Considerations and Case Studies.
Interaction between Rabbis and Non-Rabbinic Jews in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity (2021)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2021). Interaction between Rabbis and Non-Rabbinic Jews in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity. In C. Hezser, & D. Edelman (Eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity (145-165). Equinox. https://doi.org/10.1558/equinox.37995Palestinian rabbinic literature mostly transmits traditions about interactions among rabbis and rabbis and their students. Nevertheless, in some social contexts rabbis are said to have met laypeople: rabbis were invited by wealthy householders; they... Read More about Interaction between Rabbis and Non-Rabbinic Jews in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity.