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273 Christianity. They provide us with testimonies to the common Jewish man and woman, whereas through Jewish literature we come into contact only with the upper class. Some old paradigms about Judaism in the New Testament period should be abandoned on the basis of this material. Judaism was a wide-spread, flourishing religion with many different manifestions, and it was strongly Hellenized. A few minor remarks: on p. 19, line 4-5, the author should have explained the impact of the name Aurelius, otherwise the remark is not easy to understand for 'beginners' ('Some inscriptions can be dated more or less precisely on the basis of names, e. g. Aurelii are always later than 212 CE'). It is not superfluous to give translations of Hebrew and other Semitic words (e.g. p. 21, p. 23). On p. 46, note 27, it should be noted that the editor of the text insisted to read instead of The translation of the word (p. 46, 1. 21: 'gaze') reflects the emendation. I have my doubts about the author's speculation regarding the begin- ning of the belief in afterlife. From literary sources we can deduce with certainty that the period under consideration (300 BCE-700 CE)
Journal for the Study of Judaism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1992
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