Simeon the Righteous in Rabbinic Literature: A Legend Reinvented

Author:   Amram Tropper
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   84
ISBN:  

9789004244986


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 January 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Amram Tropper
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   84
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9789004244986


ISBN 10:   9004244980
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 January 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1: The Rabbinic Traditions 2: Simeon the Righteous, the Great Assembly of Avot and the Rabbinization of Early Second Temple Judaism 3: Simeon the Righteous and the Origins of the World's Three Pillars 4: Simeon the Righteous and the Narcissistic Nazirite 5: Simeon the Righteous and Alexander the Great 6: Simeon the Righteous and the Temple of Onias 7: Simeon the Righteous in Second Temple Chronology Conclusion

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The validity and value of this historiographical method goes [...] beyond the figure of Simeon and presents a useful new tool for the study of rabbinic texts and traditions in general. - Lieve Teugels, Utrecht University, in: Journal for the Study of Judaism 66/1 (2015)


'The validity and value of this historiographical method goes [...] beyond the figure of Simeon and presents a useful new tool for the study of rabbinic texts and traditions in general.' Lieve Teugels, Utrecht University, Journal for the Study of Judaism (vol.66,1) 2015


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Amram 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) and Like Clay in the Hands of the Potter (Merkaz Zalman Shazar, 2011).

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