A Tragedy of Errors: Bar Qamtza and the Fall of Jerusalem

Amram Tropper

ISBN 10: 0878201963 / ISBN 13: 9780878201969

Edité par Hebrew Union College Press, 2022

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Synopsis :

The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous stories in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet triggers a series of events which eventually culminates in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Until the Holocaust, Jews commonly viewed the razing of the Second Temple as the greatest calamity in all Jewish history, and for many Jews through the ages, the story of Bar Qamtza explained why it had happened. In time, the story also became emblematic of the internal strife and divisive infighting which have troubled Jewish communities time and again across the generations. In Bar Qamtza, Amram Tropper enlists this well-known rabbinic tale as a window into the world of its authors and early audiences. Through a close reading and thick description of the story, Tropper illuminates ancient Jewish social ideals and cultural practices, religious beliefs and literary trajectories, historical imaginings and political inclinations, systemic structures and institutional realities. In Tropper's hands, the story of Bar Qamtza serves as a springboard for exploring the interplay of the minutia of everyday life in antiquity and the overarching architecture of Jewish society under Rome and Persia.

À propos de l'auteur:

Amram Tropper is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : A Tragedy of Errors: Bar Qamtza and the Fall...
Éditeur : Hebrew Union College Press
Date d'édition : 2022
Reliure : Hardback
Etat : New