The rabbis' king-parables
Subtitle: midrash from the third-century Roman Empire
By: by Alan Appelbaum
Series: Judaism in context -- 7
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Description: Examines the ancient rabbis at work using parables about kings, parables that reflect the rabbis' ideas about the relationship of humanity to God and also provides information about the Roman Empire.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methodology for identifying third-century king-parables; title: Identifying and classifying the third-century rabbinic king-parables; title: Form and structure; title: The figure of the king; title: Functions; title: Settings; title: The figure of God; title: Third-century king-parables as resistance literature; title: Third-century king-parables as a source of Roman history; title: Appendix: Jesus' king-parables.