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Annette Yoshiko Reed Jewish-Christianity and the History 8- Ju da . t 'k Neu vorgestellt 1· Annette Yoshiko Reed ieve M. Teugels~ Jewish-Christianity The Meshalim and the History of Judaism in the Mekhiltot » Jewish-Christianity« is a contested An Annotated Ed·r10 category in current research. But for lat ion of the Para~! ~ and Trans d R bb· es in M. 1.L • ANNITTI JOSHll<O ll!.ED precisely this reason, it may offer e a 1 Yishrnael d el\llilta a powerful lens through ~hich to . de Rabbi Shimon banYi M.ekhilta Jewish-Christianity. rethink the history of Jewish I Chns­ With the assistance:f thai and the History of Judaism tian relations. Traditionally, Jewish­ van Eenennaam sther Christianity has been studied as part of the origins and early diversity This edition of rabbin• of Christianity. Collecting revised (meshalim) in the tw ic Parables . o M.ekhii versions of previously published tannaitic Midrashirn t th tot, the articles together with new materials, Exodus (3rd century C~) e book of Annette Yoshiko Reed reconsiders scholarly purpose It ffi , has a double . • 0 ers a c · . Jewish-Christianity in the context of synoptic presentation and ntica1 Late Antiquity and in conversation textual witnesses of th Study of the a commentary on the·e parables, and with Jewish studies. She brings further 1r mean· Annette Yoshiko Reed attention to understudied texts and function in their litera an ~g and traditions from Late Antiquity that cal context. Moreover rya d h1stori- Jewish-Christianity and the ' newEng1· h History of Judaism do not fit neatly into present day translation of every parabl . is . e Will make notions of Christianity as distinct the e d1tion a useful tool£ . 2018. Ca. 520 Selten (Texts and or inter­ Studies In Ancient Judalsm) . from Judaism. In the process, she uses ested readers with less kn ow1 edge of ISBN 978-3-16-154476-7 these materials to probe the power H b Leinen ca.€ 170,- e rew, or those merely lookin and limits of our modern assumptions a quick reference This ed't• g for erschelnt im September • 110n wh· h about religion and identity. intends to be the first m· a . ' ic . senes of editions of parables in all th .. e 1annaitic Judenchristentum und die works , is an mdispensable tool not Geschichte des Judentums. only for scholars of Jewish texts b C > U! Annette Yoshiko Reed untersucht also 1or students of the New Testa- das »Judenchristentum« im Kontext ment and early Christian literatur . f e, der Spatantike und im Gesprach rnit h1stonans o religion in late Anti· . UIY!ILffuaLS • qu1ty, Judaistik, indem sie iiberarbeitete Ver­ and those mterested in similar literary The Meshalim sionen bereits veroffentlichter Artikel genres, such as fables. in the Mekhiltot mit neuem Forschungsmaterial verbindet. Die Meschalim in den Mechiltot. Eine kommentierte Ausgabe und Annette Yoshiko Reed: Born 1973; BA from McGill University; MTS Ubersetzung der Parabeln in der from Harvard Divinity School; MA and PhD Mechilta von Rabbi Jischmael und from Princeton University; currently Associ­ der Mechilta von Rabbi Schimon ate Professor in the Skirball Department of hen Jochai. Hebrew and Judaic Studies and the Program m Religious Studies at New York University. Lieve M. Teugels is professor of Jewish -- Main audience: Studies at the Protestant Theological Scholars and students of Jewish studies, University in Amsterdam and involved in a Ueve M. Teugels theology, religious studies, and classics; research project on parables in early JeWISh The Meshallm in the Mekhlltot corresponding institutes and libraries. and early Christian literature, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scienbfic An Annotated Edition and Translation of the Parables In Mekhllta de Rabbi Ylshmael Research (NWO). and Melchllta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochal Esther van Eenennaam is pursuing her With the assistance of master's studies in Religion &. Society, Esther van Eenennaam Utrecht University and involved with Pardts, 2018. Ca. 440 Selten (Texts and an organisation concerned with the studY Studies In Ancient Judaism). of Jewish sources. ISBN 978-3-16-155648-7 Main audience: . Leinen ca.€ 155,- Scholars and students of Jewish studies, - erschelnt Im September theology, religious and dassical ~dies, corresponding institutes and libranes. Mohr Siebeck bl' t,ons 0;12011 Neuerscheinungen I new pu ,ca .
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