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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Amram Tropper (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367877095ISBN 10: 0367877090 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 12 December 2019 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part I: Authenticity Chapter 1: Can Multiple Versions of a Text be Equally Authentic? Part II: Hermeneutics Chapter 2: The Rabbis as Unusual Romans Part III: Credibility Chapter 3: An Introduction to Credibility: On Sources, Credibility and Corroboration Chapter 4: Recovering Josephus’s Sources Chapter 5: Josephus and History Chapter 6: The Traditional Historical Method on the Credibility of Rabbinic Literature Chapter 7: The Collapse of the Traditional Presumptions about Rabbinic Literature Chapter 8: The New Historical Method on the Credibility of Rabbinic Literature: Three Case Studies Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 9: On Hillel the Elder’s Rise to Greatness Epilogue BibliographyReviewsAmram Tropper provides his readers with an exceptionally thoughtful guide to the methods required for valid use of the primary literary evidence for the history of the Jews in Roman times, with a series of pertinent case studies discussed in full and with admirable clarity. - Martin Goodman, Oxford University, UK A study of this type has been long overdue. Amram Tropper skillfully explains the advances in Josephean historiography and Talmudic methodology of the last half century and makes the first systematic and thoroughly compelling case for moving beyond the traditional historical method. Tropper's straightforward, polemic-free, and lucid presentation of the New Historical Method for the study of the Jews in the Roman Period will be welcomed by Judaic Studies scholars and by ancient historians, many of whom will be convinced that a consensus is finally emerging among specialists in this era. - Stuart S. Miller, University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA Amram Tropper provides his readers with an exceptionally thoughtful guide to the methods required for valid use of the primary literary evidence for the history of the Jews in Roman times, with a series of pertinent case studies discussed in full and with admirable clarity. - Martin Goodman, Oxford University, UK A study of this type has been long overdue. Amram Tropper skillfully explains the advances in Josephean historiography and Talmudic methodology of the last half century and makes the first systematic and thoroughly compelling case for moving beyond the traditional historical method. Tropper's straightforward, polemic-free, and lucid presentation of the New Historical Method for the study of the Jews in the Roman Period will be welcomed by Judaic Studies scholars and by ancient historians, many of whom will be convinced that a consensus is finally emerging among specialists in this era. - Stuart S. Miller, University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA Amram Tropper provides his readers with an exceptionally thoughtful guide to the methods required for valid use of the primary literary evidence for the history of the Jews in Roman times, with a series of pertinent case studies discussed in full and with admirable clarity. - Martin Goodman, Oxford University, UK Amram Tropper provides his readers with an exceptionally thoughtful guide to the methods required for valid use of the primary literary evidence for the history of the Jews in Roman times, with a series of pertinent case studies discussed in full and with admirable clarity. - Martin Goodman, Oxford University, UK A study of this type has been long overdue. Amram Tropper skillfully explains the advances in Josephean historiography and Talmudic methodology of the last half century and makes the first systematic and thoroughly compelling case for moving beyond the traditional historical method. Tropper's straightforward, polemic-free, and lucid presentation of the New Historical Method for the study of the Jews in the Roman Period will be welcomed by Judaic Studies scholars and by ancient historians, many of whom will be convinced that a consensus is finally emerging among specialists in this era. - Stuart S. Miller, University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA Author InformationAmram Tropper, Ph.D. (2002) Oxford University, is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University. His previous publications include Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography (Oxford, 2004), Like Clay in the Hands of the Potter (Merkaz Zalman Shazar, 2011) and Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature (Brill, 2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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