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The Jerusalem Temple in diaspora : Jewish practice and thought during the Second Temple period / by Jonathan R. Trotter.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 192.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 236 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004409859
  • 9004409858
Other title:
  • Jewish practice and thought during the 2nd Temple period
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jerusalem Temple in diaspora Jewish practice and thought during the Second Temple period.DDC classification:
  • 296.4/91 23
LOC classification:
  • BM655 .T76 2019
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Contributions to the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews -- 2. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews -- 3. 2 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple -- 4. The Letter of Aristeas and the Jerusalem Temple -- 5. 3 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple -- 6. Philo of Alexandria and the Jerusalem Temple -- Conclusion.
Summary: "In The Jerusalem Temple in diaspora, Jonathan Trotter shows how different diaspora Jews' perspectives on the distant city of Jerusalem and the temple took shape while living in the diaspora, an experience which often is characterized by complicated senses of alienation from and belonging to an ancestral homeland and one's current home. This book investigates not only the perspectives of the individual diaspora Jews whose writings mention the Jerusalem temple (Letter of Aristeas, Philo of Alexandria, 2 Maccabees, and 3 Maccabees) but also the customs of diaspora Jewish communities linking them to the temple, such as their financial contributions and pilgrimages there"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Contributions to the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews -- 2. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Second Temple by Diaspora Jews -- 3. 2 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple -- 4. The Letter of Aristeas and the Jerusalem Temple -- 5. 3 Maccabees and the Jerusalem Temple -- 6. Philo of Alexandria and the Jerusalem Temple -- Conclusion.

"In The Jerusalem Temple in diaspora, Jonathan Trotter shows how different diaspora Jews' perspectives on the distant city of Jerusalem and the temple took shape while living in the diaspora, an experience which often is characterized by complicated senses of alienation from and belonging to an ancestral homeland and one's current home. This book investigates not only the perspectives of the individual diaspora Jews whose writings mention the Jerusalem temple (Letter of Aristeas, Philo of Alexandria, 2 Maccabees, and 3 Maccabees) but also the customs of diaspora Jewish communities linking them to the temple, such as their financial contributions and pilgrimages there"-- Provided by publisher.

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