Between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds: Accounting for Halakhic Difference in Selected Sugyot from Tractate Avodah Zarah: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this book, Hayes addresses the central concern in talmudic studies over the genesis of halakhic (legal) divergence between the Talmuds produced by the Palestinian rabbinic community (c. 370 C.E.) and the Babylonian rabbinic community (c. 650 C.E.). Hayes... Details...

Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This study argues that the authors of Deuteronomy--a corpus of laws purportedly given to Israel through Moses--radically transformed ancient Israelite religion and society. Their new vision, says author Bernard Levinson, was completely without precedent and... Details...

Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments:Positioned at the boundary of traditional biblical studies, legal history, and literary theory, Deuteronomy and the Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation shows how the legislation of Deuteronomy reflects the struggle of its authors to renew late seventh- century J... Details...

Etz Hayim: (Jewish Publication Society) Publisher's Comments: A landmark publication for the contemporary Jewish community, Etz Hayim is a publication of the Conservative movement, produced through a joint venture of The Rabbinical Assembly, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and The Jewish Publication Soc... Details...

Etz Hayim-Travel Size: (Jewish Publication Society) Publisher's Comments: JPS is pleased to make available a new, more compact edition of the landmark publication, Etz Hayim: A Torah Commentary. This book, a publication of the Conservative movement, was produced through a joint venture of the Rabbinical Assembly, the United Synag... Details...

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in... Details...

Jews in a Graeco-Roman World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book collects studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. The sixteen contributors--some specialists in Jewish history, others in classical studies--tackle the extent to which Jews in this period differ... Details...

Jews in a Graeco-Roman World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book contains studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. Some of the sixteen contributors are specialists in Jewish history, others in classics. They tackle from different angles the extent to which Je... Details...

Josephus' Description of the Essenes Illustrated by the Dead Sea Scrolls — Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (No. 58): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948, scholars studying the passages in Josephus’ works which mention the pre-Christian sect of the Essenes attempted to explain various sections in Josephus primarily by comparing them with what other anc... Details...

Judaism and Christian Beginnings: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Describes the formation and consolidation of Synagogue Judaism, both in its Jewish and Christian manifestations. Details...