Naftali S Cohn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4230025 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naftali S Cohn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naftali S |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohn |
| SIGNATURE | COHN N S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Complex Ritual Dynamics of Individual and Group Experience in the Temple, as Imagined in the Mishnah
When the mishnaic authors narrated the Temple rituals of the past, they made choices in how to imagine the nuanced dynamics of actors, spaces, objects, and actions that make up the ritual enactments. These choices point to their understanding of how Temple ritual worked and what it accomplished. Taking an unusual feature of many of the Mishnah's Temple-ritual narratives—the shifting back and forth between singular and plural, or, between individu…
Heresiology in the Third-Century Mishnah
When members of the early rabbinic group created the Jewish legal text known as the Mishnah in the late second or early third century, the concept of heresy was relatively common in the wider cultural discourse of the Roman world. Christian apologists, among others, frequently employed the Greek term hairesis (“heresy”/“heretic,” originally meaning “school of thought”/“adherent”) as part of their larger projects of drawing boundaries, defining id…
Rabbis as Jurists
In light of the growing consensus that the rabbis of Late Antiquity were not a powerful and dominant group with roots in the time of the Temple, this article reexamines the portrayal of the rabbinic present and the rabbinic past in the Mishnah. The Mishnah, I propose, pictures the rabbis acting as jurists-modelled on Roman jurists-who issue opinions primarily on matters of Jewish ritual law. This claim for a legal-judicial role for the rabbis in …
Creating Judaism
Journal Article Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice. By Michael L. Satlow Get access Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice. By Michael L. Satlow. Columbia University Press, 2006. 384 pages. $24.50. Naftali S. Cohn Naftali S. Cohn Concordia University, Montreal [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 76, Issue 4, December …
Rabbis as Jurists
In light of the growing consensus that the rabbis of Late Antiquity were not a powerful and dominant group with roots in the time of the Temple, this article reexamines the portrayal of the rabbinic present and the rabbinic past in the Mishnah. The Mishnah, I propose, pictures the rabbis acting as jurists-modelled on Roman jurists-who issue opinions primarily on matters of Jewish ritual law. This claim for a legal-judicial role for the rabbis in …
Creating Judaism
Journal Article Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice. By Michael L. Satlow Get access Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice. By Michael L. Satlow. Columbia University Press, 2006. 384 pages. $24.50. Naftali S. Cohn Naftali S. Cohn Concordia University, Montreal [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 76, Issue 4, December …
Rabbis as Jurists
In light of the growing consensus that the rabbis of Late Antiquity were not a powerful and dominant group with roots in the time of the Temple, this article reexamines the portrayal of the rabbinic present and the rabbinic past in the Mishnah. The Mishnah, I propose, pictures the rabbis acting as jurists-modelled on Roman jurists-who issue opinions primarily on matters of Jewish ritual law. This claim for a legal-judicial role for the rabbis in …
Heresiology in the Third-Century Mishnah
When members of the early rabbinic group created the Jewish legal text known as the Mishnah in the late second or early third century, the concept of heresy was relatively common in the wider cultural discourse of the Roman world. Christian apologists, among others, frequently employed the Greek term hairesis (“heresy”/“heretic,” originally meaning “school of thought”/“adherent”) as part of their larger projects of drawing boundaries, defining id…
The Complex Ritual Dynamics of Individual and Group Experience in the Temple, as Imagined in the Mishnah
When the mishnaic authors narrated the Temple rituals of the past, they made choices in how to imagine the nuanced dynamics of actors, spaces, objects, and actions that make up the ritual enactments. These choices point to their understanding of how Temple ritual worked and what it accomplished. Taking an unusual feature of many of the Mishnah's Temple-ritual narratives—the shifting back and forth between singular and plural, or, between individu…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works)