Martin Hengels 'Zeloten'

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Martin Hengel's The Zealots , published originally in 1961, is after over 50 years still the most important study of the Jewish revolts in the 1st century AD. Hengel emphasizes the radical-religious background of the Jewish opposition to Rome. In commemoration of the 85th birthday of Martin Hengel, who died in 2009, and to mark the new edition of the Zealots in 2011, a symposium was held to acknowledge the history of reception and the continuing significance of Hengel's first work. The authors deal with subjects such as God's zeal and the zeal of his protagonists, the prototypes of zeal in the Old Testament and early Judaism, Elijah and Phineas, as well as the relationship between the Jesus tradition and the Zealots. The boycott of Roman coins demonstrates the fervent zeal of the Zealots. The last contribution investigates the religious perception of Jews and Judaism in Martin Hengel's works and the extraordinary significance of Hengel's Zealots for the history of Ancient Judaism.

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Hermann Lichtenberger: Geboren 1943; Studium der Evangelischen Theologie und der Semitischen Sprachen in Erlangen und Heidelberg; 1976 Promotion; 1986 Habilitation; 1993-2010 Professor für Neues Testament und antikes Judentum in Tübingen.

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