Ben-Zion Rosenfeld

Biographic Data

ID1441174
NAMEBen-Zion Rosenfeld
GIVEN NAMESBen-Zion
FAMILY NAMERosenfeld
SIGNATUREROSENFELD B
AFFILIATIONS1Bar-Ilan University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
H-INDEX0

  • Fraud

    Ben-Zion Rosenfeld, Joseph MeniravARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism2006

    The article deals with the understanding of the historical and legal components of the law prohibiting fraud (honayah) as appears from the Bible to Rabbinic literature. The first section reviews this law and its understanding from Biblical times until the destruction of the Second Temple. Then follows a discussion of the changes that arose after this period, based on the information gleaned from the rabbinic literature, on fraud, its development,…

  • Josephus and the Mishnah

    Ben-Zion RosenfeldARTICLERevue des Études Juives2004

    Cette etude met en relief deux approches differentes - celle de Josephe et celle de la Mishna - de la description geographique du pays d'Israel. Chacune correspond a l'epoque de sa redaction et aux objectifs de son auteur. Josephe, en tant qu'historien, perpetue la tradition geographique hellenistique (grecque): il schematise les frontieres du pays en situant Jerusalem au centre de cet espace, ce qui reflete la realite du monde dans lequel il viv…

  • Methods of Pricing and Price Regulation in Roman Palestine in the Third and Fourth Centuries

    Ben-Zion Rosenfeld, Joseph MeniravARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2001

    While it is widely recognized that regulation of commercial prices was an important factor of economic life in the Roman Empire, little is known of the mechanisms through which this was carried out. The literature of the Jewish sages-particularly the Mishna, Tosefta, and Midrashim-provides useful information on price regulation in Roman Palestine. The religious authorities of the community contributed to the stabilization of the local economy thr…

  • Flavius Josephus and His Portrayal of the Coast (Paralia) of Contemporary Roman Palestine

    Ben-Zion RosenfeldARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review2000

    Ben-Zion Rosenfeld, Flavius Josephus and His Portrayal of the Coast (Paralia) of Contemporary Roman Palestine: Geography and Ideology, The Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 91, No. 1/2 (Jul. - Oct., 2000), pp. 143-183

  • R. Simeon bar Yohai

    Ben-Zion RosenfeldARTICLERevue des Études Juives1999

    Le but de cet article est de prouver a l'aide d'une etude historicosociologique l'existence d'un type de personnalite complexe, connue au sein de la communaute juive du II e siecle av. J.-C. pour posseder des caracteristiques diverses, considerees parfois comme contradictoires. R. Simeon Bar Yohai en est un exemple. Important sage de la generation posterieure a la revolte de Bar Kokhba, il est mentionne a de nombreuses reprises dans la litteratur…

  • The Ancient Synagogue as an Economic Center

    Ben-Zion Rosenfeld, Joseph MeniravARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1999

  • Innkeeping in Jewish Society in Roman Palestine

    Ben-Zion RosenfeldARTICLEJournal of the Economic and…1998

    This study discusses the historical evolution of inns and innkeeping in Jewish society in Roman Palestine and examines their social implications, and in particular, the relationship between opposite ends of the social ladder, and what this meant for the status of women. After a sketch of innkeeping in the Ancient Near East from the third millennium B.C.E., the focus is on the Roman period. During that period, it is argued, innkeeping, originally …