Carol Bakhos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4230077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Bakhos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol |
| FAMILY NAME | Bakhos |
| SIGNATURE | BAKHOS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-1111-8164 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making History
Islam and its Past
This volume has its origin in a conference held in honour of a scholar who made a major contribution to the study of the Qurʾan, Patricia Crone. Five of its eight chapters are accordingly devoted to this field. They provide a survey of its development and present state, and offer illustrations of a number of approaches through which scholars seek to investigate the internal history of the text, its relationship to earlier Near Eastern texts, the …
Locating the Qurʾan and Early Islam in the ‘Epistemic Space’ of Late Antiquity
Locating the qur’anic event in Late Antiquity, understood not as a historical epoch but an epistemic space, the chapter focuses on textual strategies rather than on the transfer of semantic knowledge or extra-textual circumstances. Qurʾanic speech oscillates between literal and ‘allegorical’ expression. Among the last mentioned, typology, hitherto widely neglected—although perhaps the most representative textual practice in the late antique cultu…
Statement from the Incoming Editors
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The Talmud in its Iranian context
Scholars of rabbinics and Iranists are increasingly turning to the orbit of Iranian civilization in order to explore the extent to which the Babylonian Talmud was exposed to the theological and liturgical discourse of the Zoroastrian religion, as well as Sasanian legal practices. Here possibly for the first time, scholars within these fields are brought together in concert to examine the interaction between Jewish and Iranian cultures in terms of…
Abraham Visits Ishmael
Previous studies of the story of Abraham's visit to Ishmael in Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer (PRE) focus on its relationship to Islamic versions and read it either as polemical or apologetic. It is also assumed that either the author of PRE reworked an Islamic version of the story, or that the story is of Jewish origin. Such readings, however, are based largely on notions of Ishmael's character in the story that overlook other references to Ishmael and …
Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel
Anyone familiar with Levenson's previous works will discover that yet again he throws new light on regnant scholarly views and offers fresh insight into widely read biblical stories, and yet again his tour de force is elegant and accessible to specialists in all areas of religious studies. Engaging and shot through with a steadfast commitment to serious, critical theological thinking, his latest work demonstrates that the classical rabbinic expec…
Figuring (out) Esau
This article underscores Esau's depiction in rabbinic literature and it calls attention to the use of eponymous biblical figures. Esau not only symbolises a real other, but, like Ishmael and the children of Keturah, he is a fabricated antipode to Israel. Both real historical events and the precedence of an archetype, a primordial Other that is articulated, reified, and transmuted throughout the rabbinic corpus, are contributing factors to this tr…
Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context
This volume explores the ways in which Jews lived within the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman contexts, how they negotiated their religious and social boundaries in their own distinctive manner. Scholars demonstrate how the Jewish encounter with Hellenism led not to a conscious struggle with alien forces but rather in many instances to an active re-tailoring and re-shaping of tradition in light of their material, ideological and philosophical surround…
A Search for the Origins of Judaism
Translated by J. Edward Crowley. This radical reconstruction of the origins of Judaism starts by observing that Josephus's sources on the early history of Israel do not agree with the Bible and that the oldest rabbinic traditions show no sign of a biblical foundation. Another interesting question is raised by the Samaritan claim, at the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, that they had only recently received the Sabbath from the Jews. From such details,…
Figuring (out) Esau
This article underscores Esau's depiction in rabbinic literature and it calls attention to the use of eponymous biblical figures. Esau not only symbolises a real other, but, like Ishmael and the children of Keturah, he is a fabricated antipode to Israel. Both real historical events and the precedence of an archetype, a primordial Other that is articulated, reified, and transmuted throughout the rabbinic corpus, are contributing factors to this tr…
A Search for the Origins of Judaism
Translated by J. Edward Crowley. This radical reconstruction of the origins of Judaism starts by observing that Josephus's sources on the early history of Israel do not agree with the Bible and that the oldest rabbinic traditions show no sign of a biblical foundation. Another interesting question is raised by the Samaritan claim, at the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, that they had only recently received the Sabbath from the Jews. From such details,…
Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context
This volume explores the ways in which Jews lived within the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman contexts, how they negotiated their religious and social boundaries in their own distinctive manner. Scholars demonstrate how the Jewish encounter with Hellenism led not to a conscious struggle with alien forces but rather in many instances to an active re-tailoring and re-shaping of tradition in light of their material, ideological and philosophical surround…
Abraham Visits Ishmael
Previous studies of the story of Abraham's visit to Ishmael in Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer (PRE) focus on its relationship to Islamic versions and read it either as polemical or apologetic. It is also assumed that either the author of PRE reworked an Islamic version of the story, or that the story is of Jewish origin. Such readings, however, are based largely on notions of Ishmael's character in the story that overlook other references to Ishmael and …
Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel
Anyone familiar with Levenson's previous works will discover that yet again he throws new light on regnant scholarly views and offers fresh insight into widely read biblical stories, and yet again his tour de force is elegant and accessible to specialists in all areas of religious studies. Engaging and shot through with a steadfast commitment to serious, critical theological thinking, his latest work demonstrates that the classical rabbinic expec…
Figuring (out) Esau
This article underscores Esau's depiction in rabbinic literature and it calls attention to the use of eponymous biblical figures. Esau not only symbolises a real other, but, like Ishmael and the children of Keturah, he is a fabricated antipode to Israel. Both real historical events and the precedence of an archetype, a primordial Other that is articulated, reified, and transmuted throughout the rabbinic corpus, are contributing factors to this tr…
The Talmud in its Iranian context
Scholars of rabbinics and Iranists are increasingly turning to the orbit of Iranian civilization in order to explore the extent to which the Babylonian Talmud was exposed to the theological and liturgical discourse of the Zoroastrian religion, as well as Sasanian legal practices. Here possibly for the first time, scholars within these fields are brought together in concert to examine the interaction between Jewish and Iranian cultures in terms of…
Statement from the Incoming Editors
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Islam and its Past
This volume has its origin in a conference held in honour of a scholar who made a major contribution to the study of the Qurʾan, Patricia Crone. Five of its eight chapters are accordingly devoted to this field. They provide a survey of its development and present state, and offer illustrations of a number of approaches through which scholars seek to investigate the internal history of the text, its relationship to earlier Near Eastern texts, the …
Locating the Qurʾan and Early Islam in the ‘Epistemic Space’ of Late Antiquity
Locating the qur’anic event in Late Antiquity, understood not as a historical epoch but an epistemic space, the chapter focuses on textual strategies rather than on the transfer of semantic knowledge or extra-textual circumstances. Qurʾanic speech oscillates between literal and ‘allegorical’ expression. Among the last mentioned, typology, hitherto widely neglected—although perhaps the most representative textual practice in the late antique cultu…
Making History
History (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (5 works) · Judaism (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Classics (3 works)