Books from Brown Judaic Studies
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A Talmud in Exile: The Influence of Yerushalmi Avodah Zarah on the Formation of Bavli Avodah Zarah
By Alyssa M. GrayA Talmud in Exile: The Influence of Yerushalmi Avodah Zarah on the Formation of Bavli Avodah Zarah
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Dispute for the Sake of Heaven: Legal Pluralism in the Talmud
By Richard HidaryThis book explores how the rabbis of the Talmud thought about and dealt with pluralism in Jewish law. The rabbis remembered the terrible consequences of Second Temple sectarianism and strove...
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The Ancestral Philosophy: Hellenistic Philosophy in Second Temple Judaism
By David WinstonFourteen essays consider the interaction between Greek philosophy and Jewish religious thought during the Hellenistic period. Attention is paid to the work of Ben Sira, Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria,...
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Ethical Monotheism, Past and Present: Essays in Honor of Wendell S. Dietrich
By Wendell S. DietrichIn the spirit of Dietrich's work, essays by colleagues and former students of the Brown U. professor emeritus explore the boundaries of ethical monotheistic religion historically and as a constructive...
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Valuable and Vulnerable: Children in the Hebrew Bible, especially the Elisha Cycle
By Julie Faith ParkerThis groundbreaking book focuses on children in the Hebrew Bible. The author argues that the biblical writers recognized children as different from adults and used these ideas to shape their stories.