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In Association with the Ancestral Customs.
- Source :
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Novum Testamentum . 2015, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p343-359. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Scholars have long believed that the "ancestral customs" of the Pharisees mentioned in texts such as Antiquitates judaicae 13.297 and Matt 15:1-9 were proto-rabbinic oral tradition, based on apparently corroborating readings of Rabbinic works. However, in this article, I will show that this terminology should be understood within the context of the codes of Graeco-Roman associations. Such language is consistent with both the use of association terminology elsewhere in Josephus, as well as with the corpus of association-related inscriptions and papyri presently extant. The idea of the Pharisees as a semi-private association is not unique, though this terminology provides further corroboration that the Pharisees were understood as a semi-private, itinerant association by contemporary Jewish writers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PHARISEES
*CHRISTIAN rites & ceremonies
*RABBINICAL literature
*SADDUCEES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00481009
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Novum Testamentum
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109528382
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341502