Amram Tropper
Biographic Data
| ID | 1689357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amram Tropper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amram |
| FAMILY NAME | Tropper |
| SIGNATURE | TROPPER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5797-854X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period: Volume 4: The Jews under the Roman Shadow (4 BCE–150 CE), written by Lester L. Grabbe
The Wicked Priest’s Day of Atonement Assault Revisited
Pesher Habakkuk tells an enigmatic story about the Wicked Priest who caused the Righteous Teacher and his followers to stumble one Day of Atonement. Shortly after the pesher was discovered, Shemaryahu Talmon offered an interpretation of this story that most scholars have accepted. According to Talmon, the Wicked Priest’s opposition to unsanctioned calendars prompted him to prevent the Righteous Teacher and his followers from observing the Day of …
Banning Greek: A Rabbinic History
A handful of rabbinic texts famously oppose things Greek but the force, object, scope, rationale, and alleged origins of the opposition vary from text to text. Although these texts often clash with one another, they also share kindred ideas and rare wording. Making sense of the sources’ similarities and differences poses the central challenge in tracing the history of the rabbinic opposition to Greek. If we harmonize sources, we risk minimizing t…
Studies in Jewish and Christian History (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity)
Children and Childhood in Light of the Demographics of the Jewish Family in Late Antiquity
The demography of the Jewish family is indispensable for the study of the nature of Jewish childhood in late antiquity. Demography in this context refers to the probable mortality rate, fertility rate and average age of first marriage for the Jews of our period. Together these demographic factors create a model of the duration and rhythm of the life-course; a model of the skeletal structure of the ancient Jewish family. We explore below the natur…
Roman Contexts in Jewish Texts: On Diatagma and Prostagma in Rabbinic Literature
The importance of loanwords in rabbinic literature may often extend far beyond issues of etymology and semantic range. A loanword may have been employed in a text not merely for its meaning, but by means of a loanword from Greek or Latin, the author of a rabbinic text may have alluded to a specific setting or institution well known to his audience but unfamiliar to the modern reader. As a result, the historian may enhance our understanding of man…
Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography
The Graeco-Roman Literary Context for Avot
Avot and the Second Sophistic
This chapter focuses on the cultural, political, and intellectual tone of the contemporary Greek East of the Roman Empire. It suggests that the diffusion of ideas should not be envisaged as a concerted effort to copiously copy Hellenistic forms, but rather as a process of adaptation and assimilation, a process in which the rabbis inhabited the ‘discursive space’ of the period. It discusses the broad historical context by considering a movement th…
The Fate of Jewish Historiography after the Bible: A New Interpretation
What caused the eventual decline in later Jewish history of the vibrant historiographical tradition of the biblical period? In contrast to the plethora of historical writings composed during the biblical period, the rabbis of the early common era apparently were not interested in writing history, and when they did relate to historical events they often introduced mythical and unrealistic elements into their writings. Scholars have offered various…
Banning Greek: A Rabbinic History
A handful of rabbinic texts famously oppose things Greek but the force, object, scope, rationale, and alleged origins of the opposition vary from text to text. Although these texts often clash with one another, they also share kindred ideas and rare wording. Making sense of the sources’ similarities and differences poses the central challenge in tracing the history of the rabbinic opposition to Greek. If we harmonize sources, we risk minimizing t…
The Fate of Jewish Historiography after the Bible: A New Interpretation
What caused the eventual decline in later Jewish history of the vibrant historiographical tradition of the biblical period? In contrast to the plethora of historical writings composed during the biblical period, the rabbis of the early common era apparently were not interested in writing history, and when they did relate to historical events they often introduced mythical and unrealistic elements into their writings. Scholars have offered various…
Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography
The Graeco-Roman Literary Context for Avot
Avot and the Second Sophistic
This chapter focuses on the cultural, political, and intellectual tone of the contemporary Greek East of the Roman Empire. It suggests that the diffusion of ideas should not be envisaged as a concerted effort to copiously copy Hellenistic forms, but rather as a process of adaptation and assimilation, a process in which the rabbis inhabited the ‘discursive space’ of the period. It discusses the broad historical context by considering a movement th…
The Fate of Jewish Historiography after the Bible: A New Interpretation
What caused the eventual decline in later Jewish history of the vibrant historiographical tradition of the biblical period? In contrast to the plethora of historical writings composed during the biblical period, the rabbis of the early common era apparently were not interested in writing history, and when they did relate to historical events they often introduced mythical and unrealistic elements into their writings. Scholars have offered various…
Roman Contexts in Jewish Texts: On Diatagma and Prostagma in Rabbinic Literature
The importance of loanwords in rabbinic literature may often extend far beyond issues of etymology and semantic range. A loanword may have been employed in a text not merely for its meaning, but by means of a loanword from Greek or Latin, the author of a rabbinic text may have alluded to a specific setting or institution well known to his audience but unfamiliar to the modern reader. As a result, the historian may enhance our understanding of man…
Children and Childhood in Light of the Demographics of the Jewish Family in Late Antiquity
The demography of the Jewish family is indispensable for the study of the nature of Jewish childhood in late antiquity. Demography in this context refers to the probable mortality rate, fertility rate and average age of first marriage for the Jews of our period. Together these demographic factors create a model of the duration and rhythm of the life-course; a model of the skeletal structure of the ancient Jewish family. We explore below the natur…
Studies in Jewish and Christian History (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity)
The Wicked Priest’s Day of Atonement Assault Revisited
Pesher Habakkuk tells an enigmatic story about the Wicked Priest who caused the Righteous Teacher and his followers to stumble one Day of Atonement. Shortly after the pesher was discovered, Shemaryahu Talmon offered an interpretation of this story that most scholars have accepted. According to Talmon, the Wicked Priest’s opposition to unsanctioned calendars prompted him to prevent the Righteous Teacher and his followers from observing the Day of …
Banning Greek: A Rabbinic History
A handful of rabbinic texts famously oppose things Greek but the force, object, scope, rationale, and alleged origins of the opposition vary from text to text. Although these texts often clash with one another, they also share kindred ideas and rare wording. Making sense of the sources’ similarities and differences poses the central challenge in tracing the history of the rabbinic opposition to Greek. If we harmonize sources, we risk minimizing t…
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period: Volume 4: The Jews under the Roman Shadow (4 BCE–150 CE), written by Lester L. Grabbe
History (9 works) · Art (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works)