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The True Israel: Uses of the Names Jew, Hebrew, and Israel in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, 35) - Softcover
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This study of the use of the names 'Jew', 'Hebrew' and 'Israel' in ancient Jewish and early Christian literature - especially the Bible, Philo, Josephus, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Mishnah - defines the nature of Israel and Judaism in Antiquity. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
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The second-century Christian Justin Martyr is the first person known to have used the phrase "the True Israel". This work discusses the associations of "Jew", "Hebrew" and "Israel" as determined by their actual usage and collocations rather than their theoretical origins.
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Graham Harvey is a Lecturer at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester.
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- PublisherBrill
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0391041193
- ISBN 13 9780391041196
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages303
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Brill Academic Publishers Inc., Boston, Leiden, 2001
ISBN 10: 0391041193
ISBN 13: 9780391041196
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Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xviii, 303 pp., bibliography, index For scholars and students interested in ancient Judaism and early Christianity, the literature surviving from that period and the foundational uses of the names discussed. Graham Harvey is a Lecturer at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester. What do the names Jew, Hebrew, and Israel mean in the vernacular? That is, how did writers from 300 BCE to 200 CE use these names? What were they influenced by? And how did readers interpret them? Judaism was and continues to be culturally diverse, and writers sought to be clear and therefore "politically correct" even then. This book takes into account written as well as oral works that circulated during this 500-year period. Taking neither an etymological nor an archeological approach, Harvey instead uses the theory of associative fields to explore the full range of associations of the names in their actual context to better understand how the words were actually used. Divided into three parts, Jew, Hebrew, and Israel respectively, the volume especially examines Israel. Within each section, individual chapters are dedicated to specific literature. This book makes a significant contribution to Jewish self-definition, then and now. Seller Inventory # 38563
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