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Interest in Jewish universalism is on the rise, yet scholars lack a common definition of the concept. This book advocates for a common definition of universalism as it applies to an Early Jewish context and traces the origins of Jewish universalist thought from the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible through the period of the Second Temple.
List of contents
Introduction: The Problem of Jewish Universalism
Part I: Biblical Prophetic Literature: Four Eschatological Relationships Between Israelites and Non-Israelites
Chapter One: Three Models of Particularist Relationships in Prophetic Literature
Chapter Two: Nation Alongside Nation in the Universal Worship of God
Part II: Relationships Between Israelites and Gentiles Built on Biblical Models in the Greco-Roman Period, 334 bce-118 ce
Chapter Three: Particularist Relationships in the Late Second Temple Period
Chapter Four: The Universalized Worship Model in the Second Temple Period
Part III: A Life in Common: The Rise of Ethical Universalist Literature in the First Century bce
Chapter Five: Philo's "Radical Allegorizers"
Chapter Six: Ethical Universalism in the Late Second Temple Period
Part IV: Summary and Implications of the Argument
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By Malka Simkovich
Summary
Interest in Jewish universalism is on the rise, yet scholars lack a common definition of the concept. This book advocates for a common definition of universalism as it applies to an Early Jewish context and traces the origins of Jewish universalist thought from the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible through the period of the Second Temple.
