{"product_id":"follow-the-wise-studies-in-jewish-history-and-culture-in-honor-of-lee-i-levine-9781575062006","title":"“Follow the Wise”: Studies in Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Lee I. Levine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1961, when Lee Israel Levine graduated from both Columbia College in New York, majoring in philosophy, and Jewish Theological Seminary, majoring in Talmud, this accomplishment was only a precursor to the brilliant career that would follow. While researching his Columbia University dissertation in Jerusalem, Levine established close ties with members of the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew University and Prof. Yigael Yadin, who recognized the need for an interdisciplinary approach that would give graduate archaeology students a solid base in Jewish history and rabbinic sources to supplement their archaeological training. Levine accepted Yadin’s invitation to return to Israel after graduation to teach at the Institute of Archaeology and later was granted a joint appointment in the Institute of Archaeology and the Department of Jewish History. In 1985, he was promoted to the rank of Full Professor, and since 2003, he has held the Rev. Moses Bernard Lauterman Family Chair in Classical Archaeology at the Hebrew University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLevine was instrumental in founding and developing the TALI (an acronym for \u003ci\u003eTigbur Limudei Yahadut\u003c\/i\u003e, Enriched Jewish Studies) track of Israel’s state school system. He was also a founding member of the Seminary of Judaic Studies in Jerusalem (now known as the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies), which opened its doors in 1984. In addition to teaching, Lee headed the Schechter Institute (first as dean and then as president) from 1987 to 1994. Lee was an active member of the Masorti Movement in Israel and represented it abroad as Director of the Foundation for Masorti Judaism (1986–87) and Vice-Chancellor of Israel Affairs at the Jewish Theological Seminary (1987–94).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe honoree has published 12 monographs, 11 edited or coedited volumes, and 180 articles. His scholarship encompasses a broad range of topics relating to ancient Judaism, especially archaeology, rabbinic studies, and Jewish history. Within these disciplines he has dealt with a variety of subfields, including ancient synagogues and liturgy, ancient Jewish art, Galilee, Jerusalem, Hellenism and Judaism, and the historical geography of ancient Palestine. He is one of the first major scholars to draw on and integrate data from all of these fields in order to afford a better understanding of ancient Judaism. The 32 contributions to this volume by 35 authors are a tribute to his influence on this field of study and reflect the broad spectrum of his own interests. The 26 English and 6 Hebrew essays are divided into sections on Hellenism, Christianity, and Judaism; art and archaeology—Jerusalem and Galilee; rabbis; the ancient synagogue; sages and patriarchs; and archaeology, art, and historical geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiography of Lee I. Levine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublications of Lee I. Levine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: \u003cstrong\u003eHellenism, Christianity, and Judaism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHellenism and Judaism before and after World War II: Two Case Studies\u003c\/i\u003e—A. D. Momigliano and E. J. Bickerman; Albert I. Baumgarten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Ruse: The Toss of a Ring to Save Life and Honor\u003c\/i\u003e Shaye J. D. Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesus and the Galilean Am ha-Aretz: A Reconsideration of an Old Problem\u003c\/i\u003e Sean Freyne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHellenism and Judaism: Fluid Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e Erich S. Gruen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePorphyry on Judaism: Some Observations\u003c\/i\u003e Pieter W. van der Horst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bishops of Sepphoris: Christianity and Synagogue Iconography in the Late Fourth and Early Fifth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e Hillel I. Newman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Humanistic Evaluation of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e E. P. Sanders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: \u003cstrong\u003eArt and Archaeology: Jerusalem and Galilee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observance of Ritual Purity after 70 c.e.: A Reevaluation of the Evidence in Light of Recent Archaeological Discoveries\u003c\/i\u003e David Amit and Yonatan Adler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tomb of Jason Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e Dan Barag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hippo-Stadium\/Amphitheater in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e Amos Kloner and Sherry Whetstone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAramaic Ostraca of the Late Second Temple Period from a Farmhouse North of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn “Encore” on the Bar Kochba Tetradrachm: A Re-vision of Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e Elisheva Revel-Neher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurial Practices in Beth She’rim and the Question of Dating the Patriarchal Necropolis\u003c\/i\u003e Zeev Weiss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Rabbis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbaye’s Family Origins: A Study in Rabbinic Genealogy\u003c\/i\u003e Aaron Demsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Miracle of the Septuagint in Ancient Rabbinic and Christian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Richard Kalmin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rabbinic Class Revisited: Rabbis as Judges in Later Roman Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e Hayim Lapin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabbis, Preachers, and Aggadists: An Aspect of Jewish Culture in Third- and Fourth-Century Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e David Levine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabbi Judah ha-Nasi and Babylonia: Ties and Tensions\u003c\/i\u003e Aharon Oppenheimer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Religious Orientation of Non-Rabbis in Second-Century Palestine: A Rabbinic Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e Adiel Schremer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartyrdom, the Middle Way, and Mediocrity (\u003c\/i\u003eGenesis Rabbah\u003ci\u003e 82:8)\u003c\/i\u003e Daniel R. Schwartz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinai—Mountain and Desert: The Desert Geography and Theology of the Rabbis and Desert Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e Joshua Schwartz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRabbinic and Roman Honor and Deference: Berakot 5.1, 9a, and Y. Bikkurim 3.3, 65c–d\u003c\/i\u003e Seth Schwartz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancient Synagogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dura-Europos Synagogue Wall Paintings: A Question of Origin and Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e Rachel Hachlili\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePriests and Purity in the Dura-Europos Synagogue\u003c\/i\u003e Jodi Magness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Problem of the Scarcity of Synagogues from 70 to ca c.e.: The Case of Synagogue 1 at Nabratein (2nd–3rd Century c.e.)\u003c\/i\u003e Eric M. Meyers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Synagogue as Foe in Early Christian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Leonard V. 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In Light of Kasher and Witztum’s New Book, \u003c\/i\u003eKing Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor—Ehud Netzer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs “Bezer in the Wilderness” (Deut 4:43) Bozrah (Bostra, Roman Arabia)?On the Intricacies of a Rabbinic Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e Oded Irshai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e062008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188734157143,"sku":"9781575062006","price":65.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/follow-the-wise-studies-in-jewish-history-and-culture-in-honor-of-lee-i-levine-9781575062006","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}