From Judeans To Israel: Names of Jewish States in Antiquity

Goodblatt, David

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“…In fact, the translation of ancient nomenclature is as contested as how and when various ethnicity terms are used. For good discussion of translation problems (especially the debate regarding 'Jew' vs 'Judean'), see Kraemer 1989;Harvey 1996;Goodblatt 1998;Mason 2007;Satlow 2013;Schwartz 2007;Wills (forthcoming Paul's switch in terminology deserves closer scrutiny beyond a simple insider/ outsider explanation. The studies of David Miller (2010) and Nathan Thiel (2014) have complicated the insider/outsider argument.…”

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‘I Myself am an Israelite’: Paul, Authenticity and Authority

Eyl

2017

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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This article argues that Paul prefers to present himself as an Israelite instead of a Judean for strategic purposes (Phil. 3.5; 2 Cor. 11.13; Rom. 9.4 and 11.1). I examine how Paul simultaneously makes use of claims to ethnic authenticity and his connection to the primordial past in authorizing his gospel message. The article draws on contemporary and ancient comparanda to demonstrate the appeal and function of discourses of ethnicity and antiquity in attracting and convincing Gentile followers. I use anthropological models of ‘instrumental authenticity’ and ‘situational ethnicity’ to examine Paul’s claims, and suggest that scholars’ traditional arguments of insider (Israelite) vs outsider (Judean) language do not go far enough; insider/outsider claims are more complex than scholars have allowed, and using the aforementioned anthropological models sheds light on Paul’s construction of his own authority.

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‘I Myself am an Israelite’: Paul, Authenticity and Authority

Eyl

2017

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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“…The argument is somewhat circular-sometimes the linguistic usage is allowed to determine the perspective of the text, at other times the reverse (Wilson 2004: 169 n. 9). c. Goodblatt (1998;2006;2009) Goodblatt seeks to preserve the essential features of Kuhn's model by substituting a linguistic distinction in place of Kuhn's problematic division between Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaism. According to Goodblatt, 'Israel' normally appears in works composed in Hebrew, while Jews who wrote in Greek and Aramaic, such as the authors of 2 and 3 Maccabees, Philo, Josephus, the Letter of Aristeas, and the Aramaic Elephantine papyri, adopted Ioudaios in imitation of the term universally employed by non-Jewish authors (2009: 114-17).…”

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The Meaning of Ioudaios and its Relationship to Other Group Labels in Ancient ‘Judaism’

Miller

2010

Currents in Biblical Research

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This article, the first in a two-part series, describes and critically evaluates major contributions in the last seventy years of scholarship on the relationship between Ioudaios ('Jew' or 'Judaean') and other group labels. The first section examines the common suggestion that Ioudaios was an outsider label, and 'Israel' an insider label. The second section surveys explanations of the relationship between Ioudaios and other terms such as 'Galilaean', 'Idumaean' and 'Ituraean', evaluating them in light of the evidence from Josephus. The conclusion sketches the decline of religion and rise of ethnicity as interpretive categories in scholarship on Ioudaios, and raises questions about the meaning of the term that require further discussion. The second article in this series will analyse the use of religion and ethnicity in scholarship on the meaning of Ioudaios, and evaluate the debate over the term's English translation.

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The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism

Staples

2021

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In this book, Jason A. Staples proposes a new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel developed in Early Judaism and how that concept impacted Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration after the Babylonian Exile. Challenging conventional assumptions about Israelite identity in antiquity, his argument is based on a close analysis of a vast corpus of biblical and other early Jewish literature and material evidence. Staples demonstrates that continued aspirations for Israel's restoration in the context of diaspora and imperial domination remained central to Jewish conceptions of Israelite identity throughout the final centuries before Christianity and even into the early part of the Common Era. He also shows that Israelite identity was more diverse in antiquity than is typically appreciated in modern scholarship. His book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the so-called 'parting of the ways' between Judaism and Christianity and how earliest Christianity itself grew out of hopes for Israel's restoration.

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From Judeans To Israel: Names of Jewish States in Antiquity

Cited by 40 publications

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‘I Myself am an Israelite’: Paul, Authenticity and Authority

‘I Myself am an Israelite’: Paul, Authenticity and Authority

The Meaning of Ioudaios and its Relationship to Other Group Labels in Ancient ‘Judaism’

The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism

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