In Quest of the Historical Pharisees

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4813-1465-7
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This work sketches the many portraits of the Pharisees that emerge from ancient sources. Based upon the Gospels, the writings of Paul, Josephus, the Mishnah, the Tosefta, and archeology, the volume profiles the Pharisees and explores the relationship between the Pharisees and the Judaic religious system foreshadowed by the library of Qumran. A great virtue of this study is that no attempt is made to homogenize the distinct pictures or reconstruct a singular account of the Pharisees; instead, by carefully considering the sources, the chapters allow different pictures of the Pharisees to stand side by side.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- PART ONE: FIRST-CENTURY ACCOUNTS
- 1 Josephus's Pharisees: The Narratives, Steve Mason
- 2 Josephus's Pharisees: The Philosophy, Steve Mason
- 3 Matthew's and Mark's Pharisees, Martin Pickup
- 4 Luke's Pharisees, Amy-Jill Levine
- 5 John's Pharisees, Raimo Hakola and Adele Reinhartz
- 6 Paul and the Pharisees, Bruce Chilton
- 7 Paul and Gamaliel, Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner
- 8 The Pharisees and the Dead Sea Scrolls, James C. VanderKam
- 9 Archaeology and the Pharisees, James F. Strange
- PART TWO: THE PHARISEES IN RABBINIC JUDAISM
- 10 The Pharisees and the Sadducees in the Earliest Rabbinic Documents, Jack N. Lightstone
- 11 The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before 70 CE: An Overview, Jacob Neusner
- 12 The Pharisaic Agenda: Laws Attributed in the Mishnah and the Tosefta to Pre-70 Pharisees, Jacob Neusner
- 13 The Pre-70 Pharisees after 70 and after 140, Jacob Neusner
- PART THREE: THE PHARISEES IN MODERN THEOLOGY
- 14 The German Theological Tradition, Susannah Heschel
- 15 The Anglo-American Theological Tradition to 1970, Jacob Neusner
- 16 The Debate with E. P. Saunders since 1970, Jacob Neusner
- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
- 17 What Do We Really Know about the Pharisees, and How Do We Know It?, William Scott Green
- Journal and Series Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Jacob Neusner was Research Professor of Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College.Bruce D. Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion, Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College.