ABSTRACT

The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity explores the social position of rabbis in Palestinian (Roman) and Babylonian (Persian) society from the period of the fall of the Temple to late antiquity. The author argues that ancient rabbinic sources depict comparable differences between Palestinian and Babylonian rabbinic relationships with non-Rabbis.

chapter |24 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

Part I HISTORICAL STUDIES

chapter 1|24 pages

NON-RABBINIC JEWS

chapter 2|10 pages

GENEALOGY

chapter 3|7 pages

HASMONEAN ROYALTY

chapter 4|7 pages

BIBLE-READING NON-JEWS AND HERETICS

chapter 5|6 pages

RAINMAKING

part |2 pages

Part II EXEGETICAL STUDIES

chapter 6|11 pages

KING DAVID

chapter 7|7 pages

MOSES

chapter 8|9 pages

AHITOFEL