Authors: Shaye J. D. Cohen
ISBN-13: 9780664227432, ISBN-10: 0664227430
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: 2ND
In this new edition of a best-selling classic, Shaye Cohen offers a thorough analysis of Judaism's development from the early years of the Roman Empire to the formative period of rabbinic Judaism. Cohen's synthesis of religion, literature, and history offers deep insight into the nature of Judaism at this key period, including the relationship between Jews and Gentiles, the function of Jewish religion in the larger community, and the development of normative Judaism and other Jewish sects. In addition, Cohen provides clear explanations concerning the formation of the biblical canon and the roots of rabbinic Judaism. Now completely updated and revised, this book remains the clearest introduction to the era that shaped Judaism and provided the context for early Christianity.
1 | Ancient Judaism : chronology and definitions | 1 |
2 | Jews and Gentiles | 19 |
3 | The Jewish "religion" : practices and beliefs | 51 |
4 | The community and its institutions | 99 |
5 | Sectarian and normative | 119 |
6 | Canonization and its implications | 167 |
7 | The emergence of rabbinic Judaism | 205 |