Rewriting ancient Jewish history : the history of the Jews in Roman times and the new historical method /: the history of the Jews in Roman times and the new historical method. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amram Tropper.
• Authors: Tropper, Amram D
• Contents: Part I. Authenticity. Can multiple versions of a text be equally authentic? -- Part II. Hermeneutics. The rabbis as unusual Romans -- Part III. Credibility. An introduction to credibility: on sources, credibility, and corroboration -- Recovering Josephus's sources -- Josephus and history -- The traditional historical method on the credibility of rabbinic literature -- The collapse of the traditional presumptions about rabbinic literature -- The new historical method on the credibility of rabbinic literature: three case studies -- Part IV. Conclusion. On hillel the Elder's rise to greatness.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages.)
• Subjects: 305.892/4037072; Jews -- History -- 70-638 -- Historiography; Jews -- Historiography; Judentum; Juden; Geschichtsschreibung; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317247074; 1317247078
• Related ISBNs: 9781138641488; 1138641480
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-214) and indexes.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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