In Quest of the Historical Pharisees (2007 Neusner/Chilton), edited volume
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In Quest of the Historical Pharisees (2007) is a volume edited by Jacob Neusner and Bruce Chilton.
Abstract
"Sketches the many portraits of the Pharisees that emerge from ancient sources. Based upon the Gospels, the writings of Paul, Josephus, the Mishnah, the Tosefta, and archeology, the volume profiles the Pharisees and explores the relationship between the Pharisees and the Judaic religious system foreshadowed by the library of Qumran... No attempt is made to homogenize the distinct pictures or reconstruct a singular account of the Pharisees; instead, by carefully considering the sources, the chapters allow different pictures of the Pharisees to stand side by side. --from Publisher description"
Editions and translations
Published in Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007 (#232).
Table of contents
- First-century accounts. Josephus's Pharisees: the narratives. Josephus's Pharisees: the philosophy / Steve Mason
- Matthew's and Mark's Pharisees / Martin Pickup
- Luke's Pharisees / Amy-Jill Levine
- John's Pharisees / Raimo Hakola and Adelle Reinhartz
- Paul and the Pharisees / Bruce Chilton
- Paul and Gamaliel / Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner
- Pharisees and the Dead Sea Scrolls / James C. VanderKam
- Archaeology and the Pharisees / James F. Strange
- Pharisees in rabbinic Judaism. Pharisees and the Sadducees in the earliest rabbinic documents / Jack N. Lightstone
- Rabbinic traditions about the Pharisees before 70 CE: an overview. Pharisaic agenda: laws attributed in the Mishnah and the Tosefta to pre-70 Pharisees. Pre-70 Pharisees after 70 and after 140 / Jacob Neusner
- Pharisees in modern theology. German theological tradition / Susannah Heschel
- Anglo-American theological tradition to 1970. Debate with E. P. Saunders since 1970 / Jacob Neusner
- Conclusion. What do we really know about the Pharisees, and how do we know it? / William Scott Green