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Torah in the Mouth: Writing and Oral Tradition in Palestinian Judaism, 200 BCE-400 CE (review)

Torah in the Mouth: Writing and Oral Tradition in Palestinian Judaism, 200 BCE-400 CE (review) SHOFAR Winter 2005 Vol. 23, No. 2 Such a book will no doubt provoke criticism. In the case of this reviewer the criticisms are mainly of detail. For instance, I suspect that the Enochic traditions and the Qumran literature may be evidence of a major division within the Jewish priesthood that possibly contributed to the suicidal war against Rome and its local clients. Also, the evidence Schwarz presents that Jews were not singled out as a special group in GrecoRoman society before the fourth century is less compelling than much else in the book, perhaps because it is largely (and maybe inevitably) e silentio. I was additionally surprised by one or two omissions in the bibliography and discussion: (e.g. John Barclay on Diaspora Judaism, especially his taxonomy of degrees of interaction between Jews and non-Jews; Heather McKay on synagogues and worship, with whose conclusions he seems to agree, and the work of Doron Mendels on Jewish identity and nationalism). But the book is generally very well-informed and well-documented. Morevoer, this is also a book whose author now and then openly retracts or modifies his former opinions. In its turn, his book should cause many others (including this reviewer) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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Abstract

SHOFAR Winter 2005 Vol. 23, No. 2 Such a book will no doubt provoke criticism. In the case of this reviewer the criticisms are mainly of detail. For instance, I suspect that the Enochic traditions and the Qumran literature may be evidence of a major division within the Jewish priesthood that possibly contributed to the suicidal war against Rome and its local clients. Also, the evidence Schwarz presents that Jews were not singled out as a special group in GrecoRoman society before the fourth century is less compelling than much else in the book, perhaps because it is largely (and maybe inevitably) e silentio. I was additionally surprised by one or two omissions in the bibliography and discussion: (e.g. John Barclay on Diaspora Judaism, especially his taxonomy of degrees of interaction between Jews and non-Jews; Heather McKay on synagogues and worship, with whose conclusions he seems to agree, and the work of Doron Mendels on Jewish identity and nationalism). But the book is generally very well-informed and well-documented. Morevoer, this is also a book whose author now and then openly retracts or modifies his former opinions. In its turn, his book should cause many others (including this reviewer)

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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish StudiesPurdue University Press

Published: Feb 24, 2005

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