Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism »

David Goodblatt is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego where he holds the Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies. Previously he taught for over a decade in the Jewish History Department of the University of Haifa and was the Louis L. Kaplan Professor of Jewish History at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Rabbinic Instruction in Sasanian Babylonia and The Monarchic Principle: Studies in Jewish Self-government in Antiquity.

Does the collective identity asserted by the Jews in antiquity fits contemporary definitions of nationalism?

List of Abbreviations     ix
Preface     xiii
Theoretical Considerations: Nationalism and Ethnicity in Antiquity     1
Constructing Jewish Nationalism: The Role of Scripture     28
Constructing Jewish Nationalism: The Hebrew Language     49
A Kingdom of Priests: The Priestly Component in Ancient Jewish Nationalism     71
Israel Nationalism     108
Judah Nationalism     140
Zion Nationalism     167
Conclusions: Jewish Nationalism - What Rose and What Fell?     204
Bibliography     211
Author Index     243
Index     251