Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World

What did ancient Jews, Christians, Greeks, and Romans think about how and why Jews ate the way they did? Jordan D. Rosenblum examines this question.

List of contents

Introduction. Reasonable creature; 1. Hebrew Bible; 2. Greek and Roman sources; 3. The Hellenistic period: Jewish sources; 4. The Hellenistic period: the New Testament; 5. The Tannaitic period: Jewish sources; 6. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Amoraic sources; 7. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Christian sources; Conclusion. Food ethic; Bibliography; Index of pre-modern sources; Selected index of modern scholars; Selected general index.

About the author

Jordan D. Rosenblum is Associate Professor and Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on the literature, culture, and history of the Rabbinic movement. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism (Cambridge, 2010) and the co-editor of Religious Competition in the Third Century CE: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World (2014). He is also the editor for Ancient Judaism at Currents in Biblical Research.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan D Rosenblum, Jordan D (University of Wisconsin Rosenblum, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Jordan D. (University of Wisconsin Rosenblum, Rosenblum Jordan D.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781107462281
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46228-1
• No. of pages: 207
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism: life & practice, Judaism: life and practice