Wurzeln des rabbinischen Judentums = Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (2014 @2002 Boccaccini / Bedenbender), book (German ed.)

Wurzeln des rabbinischen Judentums (2014) is the German edition of Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (2002 Boccaccini), book, translated from the English by Gesine Palmer and edited by Andreas Bedenbender.

Abstract

"This book by the biblical scholar and Judaist who teaches at the University of Michigan is the unchanged German translation of the original American edition published by Eerdmans in 2002 ("Roots of Rabbinic Judaism. An Intellectual History., From Ezekiel to Daniel"). The German edition is accompanied by a brief preface by the two editors Andreas Bedenbender and Markus Witte as well as a current foreword by the author. Relevant German titles have been added to the bibliography. In his original and controversial work, Vf. Is about uncovering the roots of rabbinic Judaism in pre-Macabean times. First, he reconstructs certain types of Judaism between the Babylonian exile (Ezekiel) and the Maccabean revolt (Daniel): The rise of "Zadokite" Judaism, oriented towards the (high) priestly hierarchy, since the time of exile (see Chapter 1) soon accompanied by an apocalyptic-priestly counter-movement, the "Enochite" Judaism, which is derived from Gen 6: 1-6 and the Enoch tradition and is directed in particular "against the Zadokite idea of ​​stability and order". In addition, the third group is the wisdom of Judaism, shaped by lay circles (Chapter 2). In the Hellenistic period there was then a "rapprochement between Zadokite and wisdom Judaism" (Chapter 3), as it is visible in different ways in the Tobit book and above all in Ben Sira. Finally, the Daniel book represents a compromise between the one with Onias III. The end of the Zadokite power and the Enochite line of the chap. 4). This ultimately makes Daniel the decisive source of Pharisaic and rabbinic Judaism. - We are grateful to the editors for making this important work, which highlights the fascinating diversity of religious currents in Judaism in the period before AD 7, available to a broader German readership. It requires and deserves an intensive discussion (especially in view of the current theses initiated by Daniel Boyarin on the separation of Christianity and Judaism)."-- Uwe Becker, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 127.3 (2015): 524.

Editions

Published in Berlin, Germany: Institut Kirke und Judentum, 2014.