Torah, Temple, Land

Zusatztext

The present volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in October 2018 at Humboldt University Berlin. The articles reflect the different categories of describing Judaism of the Second Temple Period in view of their sustainability in characterising an ancient religious community in different historical situations and discuss relevant (re)constructions of ancient Judaism in the history of scholarship. Since the Persian period, ancient Judaism existed in a world which was in constant flux regarding its political, social, and religious contexts. Consequently, Judaism was subject to permanent processes of change in its self-perception as well as its external perception. In all complexity, however, the Torah, the Temple(s) as a place where heaven meets the earth, and the 'holy' or 'promised' land as the dwelling place of God's people can be regarded as institutions to which all kinds of Judaism in the Babylonian and Egyptian dispora as well in Israel/Palestine were related in some way or another.

Autorenportrait

Jens Schröter (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1961; 1992 Promotion; 1996 Habilitation; Professor für Exegese und Theologie des Neuen Testaments sowie die antiken christlichen Apokryphen an der Theologischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Markus Witte (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1964; Studium der Ev. Theologie, Judaistik und Semitischen Philologie; 1993 Promotion; 1997 Habilitation; 2001-09 Professor für Altes Testament an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.; Professor für Literaturgeschichte und Theologie des Alten Testaments an der Theologischen Fakultät an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Verena M. Lepper (Herausgegeben von) Born 1973; Dr. phil.; Curator for Egyptian and Oriental Papyri and Manuscripts, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection of the National Museums in Berlin, SPK & Honorary Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

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