The Cambridge history of Judaism

Author(s)

• Davies, William David
• Finkelstein, Louis
• Sturdy, John
• Horbury, William
• Katz, Steven T.
• Chazan, Robert
• Karp, Jonathan
• Sutcliffe, Adam
• Hart, Mitchell B.
• Michels, Tony

Bibliographic Information

The Cambridge history of Judaism

edited by W.D. Davies, Louis Finkelstein

Cambridge University Press, 1984-

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 6
• v. 7
• v. 8

Note

Vol. 1. Introduction. The Persian period -- v. 2. The Hellenistic age -- v. 3. The early Roman period -- v. 4. The late Roman-Rabbinic period -- v. 6. The middle ages : the Christian world -- v. 7. The early modern world, 1500-1815 -- v. 8. The modern world, 1815-2000

Vol. 2, assistant editor, John Sturdy; v. 3, volume editors, William Horbury, W.D. Davies and John Sturdy; v. 4, volume editor, Steven T. Katz; v. 6, volume editor, Robert Chazan; v. 7, volume editors, Jonathan Karp, Adam Sutcliffe; v. 8, volume editors, Mitchell B. Hart, Tony Michels

Bibliography: v. 1, p. 401-446; bibliography: v. 2, p. 657-716; bibliography: v. 3, p. 1079-1219

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780521218801

Description

The first three volumes of The Cambridge History of Judaism cover the history of the Jews from the Exile in 587 BCE to the early Roman period extending into the third century CE. A comprehensive examination is made of all the relevant literary and archeological sources, and special attention is given to the interaction of Iranian, Semitic, Hellenistic and Roman cultures. The contributors include both Jewish and Gentile scholars from many countries, and this History thus helps to deliver the study of Jewish history and Christian origins from geographical and religious limitations, and contributes to a deeper understanding and a broader tolerance. This first volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism. The remainder of this volume concentrates on the Persian period, the two and a half centuries following the Babylonian Exile.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• Part I. Introduction: 1. The geography of Palestine and the Levant in relation to its history Denis Baly
• 2. Numismatics Uriel Rappaport
• 3. Calendars and chronology Elias J. Bickerman
• Part II. The Persian Period: 4. The Persian empire and the political and social history of Palestine in the Persian period Ephraim Stern
• 5. The archaeology of Persian Palestine Ephraim Stern
• 6. Hebrew and Aramaic in the Persian period Joseph Naveh and Jonas C. Greenfield
• 7. The Jewish community in Palestine in the Persia period Peter Ackroyd
• 8. Prophecy and Psalms in the Persian period Gunther Wanke
• 9. Wisdom literature in the Persian period Harmut Gese
• 10. Jewish religious life in the Persian period Morton Smith
• 11. Persian life in the Achemenid age Mary Boyce
• 12. Iranian influence on Judaism: first century BCE to second century CE Shaud Shaked
• 13. The Diaspora: A. Babylonia in the Persian age M. Dandamayev
• B. The Babylonian captivity Elias J. Bickerman
• C. Egypt, Persian satrapy Edda Bresciani
• D. The Jews in Egypt Bezalel Porten
• Bibliographies
• Index
• Chronological table.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780521219297

Description

This is the second of four volumes covering the history of Judaism from the Persian period, roughly 539-322 BCE, to the Tannaitic period, which culminated in the codification of the Mishnah around 250 CE. It deals with the encounter of Judaism with the Hellenistic culture spread throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond by Alexander the Great and his successors. The volume describes both the rejection and adoption of Hellenism by Judaism. Religiously the rejection provoked new developments and politically the Maccabaean Revolt, which resulted in the creation of the independent Hasmonean state, 142-63 BCE. Culturally, the adoption of Hellenistic forms by Judaism led to a significant Jewish-Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic literature. At the same time, the tensions in the religious, intellectual, social and political life of Jews spawned apocalyptic thought and literature. In the light of the interpenetration of Judaism and Hellenism in this period the volume questions some established dichotomies.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• map of the Hellenistic empire
• 1. The archeology of Hellenistic Palestine Marie-Christine Halpern-Zylberstein
• 2. The political and social history of Palestine from Alexander to Antiochus III (333-187 BCE) Martin Hengel
• 3. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek in the Hellenistic age James Barr
• 4. The Diaspora in the Hellenistic age Harald Hegermann
• 5. The interpenetration of Judaism and Hellenism in the epre-Maccabean period Martin Hengel
• 6. The men of the Great Synagogue (circa 400-170 BCE) Louis Finkelstein
• 7. The Pharisaic leadership after the Great Synagogue (170 BCE-135 CE) Louis Finkelstein
• 8. Antiochus IV Orro Morkholm
• 9. The Hasmonean revolt and the Hasmonean dynasty Jonathan A. Goldstein
• 10. Jewish literature in Hebrew and Aramaic in the Greek era Mathias Delcor
• 11. Jewish-Greek literature of the Greek period Nikolaus Walter
• 12. The apocrypha and pseudepigrapha of the Hellenistic period Mathias Delcor
• 13. The book of Daniel H. L. Ginsburg
• 14. The matrix of apocalyptic Paul D. Hanson
• 15. The Septuagint and its Hebrew text Harry M. Orlinsky
• 16. The Targumim Roger Le Deaut
• 17. The Samaritans James D. Purvis
• 18. The growth of anti-Judaism or the Greek attitude towards Jews Emilio Gabba
• Bibliographies
• Chronological table
• Index.

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780521243773

Description

This volume covers the history of Judaism in the Roman period. Political history is treated from Pompey to Vespasian, but many chapters on Jewish life and thought go beyond the period of the Flavian emperors to present themes and evidence of importance for Judaism up to the 3rd century CE. The approach has concentrated on the study of institutions and schools of thought through consideration of archaeological finds and inscriptions. Jewish-Gentile relations, temple and synagogue, groups and schools of thought - Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Baptist sects, the 'fourth philosophy' and similar groups, Samaritans and the Christian movement - are examined. An unusual feature of the volume is its historical treatment of Christianity within the context of ancient Judaism. The Qumran texts, Philo and Josephus receive attention as does Jewish society in Judaea and Galilee.

Table of Contents

• 1. The archaeology of Palestine 63 BCE-CE 70 Magen Broshi
• 2. The Herodian temple Dan Bahat
• 3. Archaeology in Palestine in recent decades: achievements and goals Eric M. Meyers
• 4. The contribution of inscriptions of the study of Judaism Margaret Williams
• 5. The social, economic and political history of Palestine from 63 BCE-CE 70 Emilio Gabba
• 6. The Diaspora in the Roman period before 70 CE E. Mary Smallwood
• 7. The Gentiles in Judaism 125 BCE-CE 66 Morton Smith
• 8. Gentiles as seen by Jews after CE 70 Raphael Loewe
• 9. The synagogue Hanswulf Bloedhorn and F. G. Huttenmeister
• 10. The temple and the synagogue Shaye J. D. Cohen
• 11. The early liturgy of the synagogue Stefan C. Reif
• 12. Women in the synagogue William Horbury
• 13. The Pharisees Joachim L. W. Schaper
• 14. The Sadducees Gunter Stemberger
• 15. The Essenes Otto Betz
• 16. The Baptist sects Kurt Rudolph
• 17. The troublemakers Morton Smith
• 18. The Samaritans and their sects Stanley Isser
• 19. Galilean Judaism and Judean Judaism Martin Goodman
• 20. Jesus from the Jewish point of view W. D. Davies and E. P. Sanders
• 21. Paul from the Jewish point of view W. D. Davies
• 22. Jewish Christianity J. Carleton-Paget
• 23. Apocalyptic: the disclosure of heavenly knowledge Christopher C. Rowland
• 24. The Qumran sectarian writings Jonathan Campbell
• 25. The Dead Sea scrolls and pre-Tannaitic Judaism Norman Golb
• 26. Prayer in the Qumran texts Daniel K. Falk
• 27. Philo of Alexandria C. Mondesert
• 28. Josephus (CE 37 -c.100) L. H. Feldman
• 29. The Rabbi in second century Jewish society Shaye J. D. Cohen
• 30. The Roman diaspora 70 CE-235
• the archaeological evidence L. I. Levine
• 31. The legacy of Egypt in Judaism J. Gwyn Griffiths
• 32. Jewish elements in gnosticism and magic c.70 CE -c.270 CE Philip S. Alexander.

Volume

v. 6 ISBN 9780521517249

Description

Volume 6 examines the history of Judaism during the second half of the Middle Ages. Through the first half of the Middle Ages, the Jewish communities of western Christendom lagged well behind those of eastern Christendom and the even more impressive Jewries of the Islamic world. As Western Christendom began its remarkable surge forward in the eleventh century, this progress had an impact on the Jewish minority as well. The older Jewries of southern Europe grew and became more productive in every sense. Even more strikingly, a new set of Jewries were created across northern Europe, when this undeveloped area was strengthened demographically, economically, militarily, and culturally. From the smallest and weakest of the world's Jewish centers in the year 1000, the Jewish communities of western Christendom emerged - despite considerable obstacles - as the world's dominant Jewish center by the end of the Middle Ages. This demographic, economic, cultural, and spiritual dominance was maintained down into modernity.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Robert Chazan
• Part I. Jews in the Medieval Christian World: 1. The Prior Church legacy Robert Chazan
• 2. Medieval Church doctrines and policies Anna Sapir Abulafia
• 3. Mutual perceptions and attitudes David Berger
• 4. Byzantium Nicholas de Lange
• 5. Italy: (a) South David Abulafia
• (b) North Robert Bonfil
• 6. Spain: (a) The transition to Christian rule Yom Tov Assis
• (b) Under Christian rule Mark Meyerson
• 7. Southern France Ram Ben Shalom
• 8. Northwestern Europe Robert Chazan
• 9. Germany Alfred Haverkamp
• 10. Northeastern Europe Nora Berend
• Part II. Social and Institutional History: 11. The sources Ephraim Shoham-Steiner
• 12. Demography and migrations Michael Toch
• 13. Economic activities Michael Toch
• 14. Communal and religious organization Jeffrey Woolf
• 15. Schools and education Ephraim Kanarfogel
• 16. Annual cycle and life cycle Elisheva Baumgarten
• 17. The family Elisheva Baumgarten
• Part III. Spiritual and Intellectual History: 18. The sources Daniel Lasker
• 19. Languages and translations: (a) Languages David M. Bunis
• (b) Translations James T. Robinson
• 20. Book production Malachi Beit-Arie
• 21. Bible studies Martin Lockshin
• 22. Talmudic studies Ephraim Kanarfogel
• 23. Jewish law Alyssa Gray
• 24. Liturgy and Piyut: (a) Liturgy Stefen C. Reif
• (b) Piyut Elisabeth Hollander
• 25. Philosophy Mauro Zonta
• 26. Science and medicine Gad Freudenthal
• 27. Mysticism Elliot Wolfson
• 28. Belles-lettres Jonathan Decter
• 29. Polemics Daniel Lasker
• 30. Historiography Eva Haverkamp
• 31. Material culture and art Katerin Kogman-Appel
• Suggested readings
• Index.

Volume

v. 8 ISBN 9780521769532

Description

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from roughly 1815-2000. Exploring the breadth and depth of Jewish societies and their manifold engagements with aspects of the modern world, it offers overviews of modern Jewish history, as well as more focused essays on political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural developments. The first part presents a series of interlocking surveys that address the history of diverse areas of Jewish settlement. The second part is organized around the emancipation. Here, chapter themes are grouped around the challenges posed by and to this elemental feature of Jewish life in the modern period. The third part adopts a thematic approach organized around the category 'culture', with the goal of casting a wide net in terms of perspectives, concepts and topics. The final part then focuses on the twentieth century, offering readers a sense of the dynamic nature of Judaism and Jewish identities and affiliations.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Mitchell B. Hart and Tony Michels
• Part I. History and Geography: 1. Central and Western Europe Robin Judd
• 2. Russian and Soviet Jewry Olga Litvak
• 3. Poland Scott Ury
• 4. The Balkans and South-Eastern Europe Matthias B. Lehmann
• 5. Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Anglophone Jewry Adam Mendelsohn
• 6. The United States Hasia Diner
• 7. The Hispanic world/Latin America Jeffrey Lesser and Raanan Rein
• 8. Colonial and post-Colonial Jewries: the Middle East, Africa and Central/Southern Asia Yaron Tzur
• 9. Israel Derek Penslar
• Part II. Emancipation: Challenges and Consequences: 10. Jews and the modern state Pierre Birnbaum
• 11. Assimilation and assimilationism Todd M. Endelman
• 12. Liberal Judaisms Claire E. Sufrin
• 13. The new Jewish politics David Engel
• 14. Jews and the Left Jack Jacobs
• 15. Jews and commerce Jonathan Karp
• 16. Jews and social class Eli Lederhendler
• 17. Education and the politics of Jewish integration Gary B. Cohen
• 18. Philanthropy, diplomacy and Jewish internationalism Jonathan Dekel-Chen
• 19. Jews and modern European imperialism Ethan B. Katz, Lisa Moses Leff and Maud S. Mandel
• 20. Antisemitism and the Jewish question Jonathan Judaken
• 21. Generation, degeneration, regeneration: health, disease and the Jewish body Todd Samuel Presner
• 22. Zionism and its critics Eran Kaplan
• 23. The Holocaust and its aftermath Samuel Kassow
• Part III. Jewish Cultures, National and Transnational: 24. Jewish culture: what is it? Zohar Shavit and Yaakov Shavit
• 25. Sephardic and Mizrachi literature Nancy E. Berg
• 26. Anglophone literature Axel Stahler
• 27. Hebrew literature Shachar Pinsker
• 28. Yiddish Mikhail Krutikov
• 29. Jewish studies: history, memory, scholarship David N. Myers
• 30. Jews and material culture Leora Auslander
• 31. Jews and popular culture in the twentieth century: North America Andrea Most
• 32. Jews and popular culture in the twentieth century: Israel and the Middle East Amy Horowitz and Galeet Dardashti
• Part IV. Jews in the Modern World: 33. The dynamics of modernity: shifts in demography and geography Tobias Brinkmann
• 34. In search of authenticity: issues of identity and belonging in the twentieth century Jonathan Boyarin
• 35. Gender and the re-making of modern Jewry Naomi Seidman
• 36. Jews and science Ulrich Charpa
• 37. Mysticism and messianism Jody Myers
• 38. Orthodoxy and ultra-Orthodoxy as forces in modern Jewish life Jess Olson
• 39. Jews and Christianity Susannah Heschel
• 40. Jews and Islam Ivan Kalmar
• Index.

Volume

v. 4 ISBN 9780521772488

Description

This fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from 70 CE to 640 CE (the rise of Islam). It deals with the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history and the history of Judaism in this crucial era during which Judaism took on its classical shape. It provides discussion and analysis of all the essential subjects pertinent to an understanding of this period, and is especially strong in its coverage of the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections. In addition, it surveys the early encounter of Judaism and Christianity from both the Jewish and Christian sides and describes the rise of Jewish mystical literature, the liturgical literature of the developing synagogue, the nature of magical practices in classical Judaism and Jewish Folklore.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Steven J. Katz
• 1. Social, political and economic life in the land of Israel, 70-c.235 Seth Schwartz
• 2. The Diaspora from 66-c.235: (a) The Jews in Egypt and Cyrenaica, 66-c.235 Allen Kerkeslager
• (b) Jews in Carthage and western north Africa, 70-c.235 Claudia Setzer
• (c) The Jews in Asia Minor, 70-c.235 Paul Trebilco
• (d) The Jews in Babylonia, 70-c.235 David Goldblatt
• 3. The uprising in the Jewish Diaspora, 115-117 Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev
• 4. The Bar Kochba Revolt, 132-135 Hanan Eshel
• 5. The legal status of Jews in the Roman empire Amnon Linder
• 6. Jewish art and architecture in the land of Israel, 70-c.235 Eric M. Meyers
• 7. The destruction of the Jerusalem temple: its meaning and its consequences Robert Goldenberg
• 8. The origins and development of the rabbinic movement in the land of Israel Hayim Lapin
• 9. The canonical process James A. Sanders
• 10. The beginnings of Christian anti-Judaism, 70-c.235 Peter Richardson
• 11. The rabbinic response to Christianity Steven T. Katz
• 12. The Mishnah David Kraemer
• 13. The Tosefta Paul Mandel
• 14. Midrash Halachah Jay M. Harris
• 15. Mishnaic Hebrew Moshe Bar-Asher
• 16. The political and social history of the Jewish community in the land of Israel, c.235-638 David Goldblatt
• 17. The material realities of Jewish life in the land of Israel, 235-c.638 Joshua J. Schwartz
• 18. Aramaic in late antiquity Yochanan Breuer
• 19. The Diaspora c.235-638: (a) The Jews of Italy, c.235-638 Leonard Victor Rutgers
• (b) The Jews of Spain, c.235-638 Scott Bradbury
• 20. Jewish archaeology in late antiquity: art, architecture and inscriptions Lee Levine
• 21. Jewish festivals in late antiquity Joseph Tabory
• 22. Rabbinic prayer in late antiquity Reuven Kimelman
• 23. Rabbinic views on marriage, sexuality and the family Michael L. Satlow
• 24. Women in Jewish life and law Tal Ilan
• 25. Gentiles in rabbinic thought David Novak
• 26. The formation and character of the Jerusalem Talmud Leib Moscovitz
• 27. Late Midrashic Paytanic and Targumic literature Avigdor Shinan
• 28. Jewish magic in late antiquity Michael D. Swartz
• 29. Jewish folk literature in late antiquity Eli Yassif
• 30. Early forms of Jewish mysticism Rachel Elior
• 31. The political, social and economic history of Babylonian Jewry, c.235-638 Isaiah M. Gafni
• 32. The history of Babylonian academics David Goldblatt
• 33. The formation and character of the Babylonian Talmud Richard Kalmin
• 34. Talmudic law: a jurisprudential perspective Hanina Ben Menahem
• 35. Torah in rabbinic thought: the theology of learning Marc Hirshman
• 36. Man, sin and redemption in rabbinic thought Steven T. Katz
• 37. The rabbinic theology of the physical: blessings, body and soul, resurrection, covenant and election Reuven Kimelman
• 38. Christian anti-Judaism: polemics and politics Paula Fredriksen and Oded Irshai
• 39. Jews in Byzantium Steven Bowman
• Appendix A: Justinian and the revision of Jewish legal status Alfredo Mordechai Rabello
• 40. Messianism and apocalypticism in rabbinic texts Lawrence H. Schiffman.

Volume

v. 7 ISBN 9780521889049

Description

This seventh volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism provides an authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, from 1500 to 1815. The essays, written by an international team of scholars, situate the Jewish experience in relation to the multiple political, intellectual and cultural currents of the period. They also explore and problematize the 'modernization' of world Jewry over this period from a global perspective, covering Jews in the Islamic world and in the Americas, as well as in Europe, with many chapters straddling the conventional lines of division between Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Mizrahi history. The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative work in this field currently available, this volume will serve as an essential reference tool and ideal point of entry for advanced students and scholars of early modern Jewish history.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Jonathan Karp and Adam Sutcliffe
• Part I. European and Mediterranean Jewry 1500-1650: 1. The Catholic Church and the Jews Kenneth Stow
• 2. Judaism and Protestantism R. Po-chia Hsia
• 3. The rise of Ottoman Jewry Joseph R. Hacker
• 4. The shifting legal and political status of early modern Jewries Andreas Gotzmann
• 5. Jews and the early modern economy Francesca Trivellato
• 6. The early modern Jewish community and its institutions Elisheva Carlebach
• Part II. Themes and Trends in Early Modern Jewish Life: 7. Iberia and beyond: Judeoconversos and the Iberian inquisitions David Graizbord
• 8. The establishment of East European Jewry Israel Bartal
• 9. Linguistic transformations: Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Matthias B. Lehmann
• 10. Continuity and change in early modern Yiddish language and literature Jean Baumgarten
• 11. Jewish book culture since the invention of printing (1469-c.1815) Emile G. L. Schrijver
• 12. The Christian study of Judaism in early modern Europe Theodore Dunkelgrun
• 13. Rabbinic culture and the development of Halakhah Jay R. Berkovitz
• 14. Discipline, dissent, and communal authority in the Western Sephardic Diaspora Yosef Kaplan
• 15. Education and Homiletics Marc Saperstein
• 16. Dimensions of Kabbalah from the Spanish expulsion to the dawn of Hasidism Lawrence Fine
• 17. Magic, mysticism, and popular belief in Jewish culture (1500-1815) J. H. Chajes
• 18. Sabbatai Sevi and the Sabbatean movement Matt Goldish
• 19. Science, medicine and Jewish philosophy Adam Shear
• 20. Port Jews revisited: commerce and culture in the age of European expansion Lois C. Dubin
• 21. Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian economy (1453-1795) Adam Teller
• 22. Jewish piety and devotion in early modern Eastern Europe Glenn Dynner
• 23. The rise of Hasidism Moshe Rosman
• 24. Enlightenment and Haskalah Edward Breuer
• 25. Women, water, and wine: the paradoxical piety of early modern Jewry Elliott Horowitz
• 26. Jews, Judaism, and the visual arts Marc Michael Epstein
• 27. Musical dilemmas of early modern Jews Edwin Seroussi
• Part III. The Jewish World, 1650-1815: 28. Judaism in Germany (1650-1815) Deborah Hertz
• 29. The making of Habsburg Jewry in the long eighteenth century Michael K. Silber
• 30. The Jews of Poland-Lithuania (1650-1815) Francois Guesnet
• 31. The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 1580-1839 Joseph R. Hacker
• 32. The Jews of Italy (1650-1815) Francesca Bregoli
• 33. Locals: the Jews in the early modern Dutch Republic Bart T. Wallet and Irene Zwiep
• 34. The Jews of France (c.1650-c.1815) Jay R. Berkovitz
• 35. The Jews of Great Britain (1650-1815) Todd M. Endelman
• 36. The Jews in the early modern Caribbean and the Atlantic world Wim Klooster
• 37. The Jews in early North America: agents of empire, champions of liberty Bill Pencak
• 38. The Jews of Africa and Asia (1500-1815) Tudor Parfitt
• 39. The Jews of Iran in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Vera B. Moreen
• 40. Toleration, integration, regeneration, and reform: rethinking the roots and routes of 'Jewish emancipation' Adam Sutcliffe
• 41. Looking backward and forward: rethinking Jewish modernity in the light of early modernity David B. Ruderman
• Index.

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