Roots of Rabbinic JudaismIn a bold challenge to the long-held scholarly notion that Rabbinic Judaism was already an established presence during the Second Temple period, Gabriele Boccaccini here argues that Rabbinic Judaism was actually a daring reform movement that developed following the destruction of the Jerusalem temple and that only took shape in the first centuries of the common era. Through careful analysis of Second Temple sources, Boccaccini explores the earliest roots of the Rabbinic system of thought in the period from the Babylonian exile to the Maccabean revolt, or from Ezekiel to Daniel. He argues convincingly that a line of thought links Rabbinic Judaism back to Zadokite Judaism through the mediation of the Pharisaic movement. Sure to be widely debated, Roots of Rabbinic Judaism will be of interest to anyone studying the origins and development of modern Judaism. |
Contents
The Rise of Zadokite Judaism | 43 |
The Return from the Babylonian Exile | 49 |
Sons of Levi Sons of Aaron Sons of Phinehas | 61 |
Zadokite Judaism and Its Opponents | 73 |
Early Opponents Samaritans Tobiads Prophets | 82 |
The Priestly Opposition Enochic Judaism | 89 |
The Lay Opposition Sapiential Judaism | 103 |
The Rapprochement between Zadokite and Sapiential Judaism | 113 |
From the Ptolemies to the Seleucids The Golden Age of Zadokite Priesthood | 131 |
Ben Siras Synthesis of Zadokite and Sapiential Judaism | 134 |
Daniel A Third Way between Zadokite and Enochic Judaism | 151 |
2 The Emergence of a Third Way between Zadokite and Enochic Judaism | 163 |
3 The Danielic Revolution | 169 |
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | 203 |
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