The Dynasty of the Jewish Patriarchs

• Autores: Mika Ahuvia (res.)
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 293-294
• Idioma: inglés

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  • The Dynasty of the Jewish Patriarchs

    Alan Appelbaum

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  • Using all available evidence to maximum effect, his methodology for rabbinic sources prioritizes those traditions that are of Palestinian provenance, especially those that have legal consequence, and those that stand in tension with rabbinic interests (à la the New Testament criterion of dissimilarity). With respect to Roman legal sources like the Theodosian Code, Appelbaum makes the case for imagining the patriarchs at work behind the scenes, arguing that "laws favorable to Jews would not have been passed absent some advocates for Jewish interests and that no such advocates are more likely than the Patriarchs and their staffs" (122). [...]too is his insight that where Judah Nesiah failed in 293 c.e., his descendant Gamaliel V seems to have succeeded in achieving Roman recognition of rabbinic arbitration in 398 c.e. Appelbaum takes up the challenge of reconstructing the dynamic history of the patriarchate and shares with us its exciting possibilities, limitations, and historical implications.