Peter J Tomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter J Tomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomson |
| SIGNATURE | TOMSON P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Protestant Theological University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity
The Song of Songs through the Ages
Jews and Christians in the Roman World
Parting of the Ways
Evolving Scholarship on Ancient Judaism and Christianity
The article gives an overview of the publications and the editorial policy of Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum since its inception in 1969. It was presented as an introductory address at a symposium presenting CRINT 16, The Literature of the Sages: A Re-visioning, edited by Professor Christine Hayes of Yale University, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on March 21, 2023. While making some minor adaptations and supplementing the bibliogr…
Paul, the Rabbis, and the Gentiles
Combining review and critical discussion, the article begins by summarising the successive chapters of Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile (2018). The book traces the development of the phrase goy from its meaning of “nation” in the Old Testament to the meaning of “non-Jew” in rabbinic literature. The apostle Paul is given a singular importance, as he was the first to use the Greek term ethnē …
The Birth of Doubt
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The present volume collects scholarly studies by Peter J. Tomson on ancient Jewish law, Jesus and Paul in their Jewish context, and the early history of Jews and Christians including the initial moment of separation.
Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The present volume gathers up studies by Peter J. Tomson, written over thirty-odd years, that deal with ancient Jewish law and identity, the teachings of Jesus, the letters of Paul, and the historiography of early Jews and Christians. Notable subject areas are Jewish purity laws, divorce law, and the use of the name 'Jews'. The author also examines Jesus' teachings as understood in their primary and secondary contexts, the various situations Paul…
Between Jews and Heretics
status: Published
Sources on the politics of Judaea in the 50s CE
Martin Goodman argues that Josephus’ presentation of 6–66 CE Judaea as a place of growing tensions leading to war with Rome copies Thucydides and is contradicted by his own evidence. This theory is countered at several levels. First, Josephus’ Jewish War does not imitate Thucydides’ 50-year pre-war period. Second, while Jewish War blames the war on the insignificant philosophy of Judas the Galilean and incompetent equestrian governors, Antiquitie…
What’s Divine about Divine Law? Early Perspectives, written by Christine Hayes
The Song of Songs in the Teachings of Jesus and the Development of the Exposition on the Song
Picking up on the revived interest in the Song of Songs in biblical scholarship, the article focuses on the significance of the Song in the tradition of Jesus’ teachings. After a survey of rabbinic midrash on the Song, five examples show that Jesus as remembered in the gospel tradition expresses an unusual interest in the Song with a discreet mystical emphasis. The nuptial Christology that subsequently surfaces in Revelation and in Hippolytus and…
Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The papers in this volume are organized around the ambition to reboot the writing of history about Jews and Christians in the first two centuries CE. Many are convinced of the need for a new perspective on this crucial period that saw both the birth of rabbinic Judaism and apostolic Christianity and their parting of ways. Yet the traditional paradigm of Judaism and Christianity as being two totally different systems of life and thought still pred…
Jesus und das Judentum
Didache and Judaism
Le judaïsme et l' avènement du christianisme
The Image of the Judaeo-Christians in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature
This conference volume purports to draw the ancient Judaeo-Christians from the obscurity to which they are confined in prevailing historical approaches. To that aim, the evidence from both Jewish and Christian sources is interpreted by scholars of Judaism, theology, archaeology and history. The introductory essay outlines a paradigm inclusive of Jewish and Christian history which allows us to view the Judaeo-Christians in the proper perspective, …
What did Paul mean by ‘Those Who Know the Law’? (Rom 7.1)
In the framework of his grand argument on the law in Rom 6 and 7, Paul in Rom 7.1-4 uses a comparison that specifically appeals to ‘those who know the law’
Canonization and Decanonization
This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious canons as well. It has two sections: (De)canonization and the History of Religions, and (De)canonization and Modern Society. In the first section pro…
Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law
While interest in Paul's relationship to Judaism has been growing recently, this study adds an important aspect by comparing Paul’s practical instruction with the ancient halakha or Jewish traditional law. First Corinthians is found to be a source of prime importance, and surprisingly, halakha appears to be basic to Paul's instruction for non-Jewish Christians. The book includes thorough discussion of hermeneutic and methodological implications, …
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Jewish Traditions in Early Christian Literature, Volume 1 Paul and the Jewish Law
While interest in Paul's relationship to Judaism has been growing recently, this study adds an important aspect by comparing Paul’s practical instruction with the ancient halakha or Jewish traditional law. First Corinthians is found to be a source of prime importance, and surprisingly, halakha appears to be basic to Paul's instruction for non-Jewish Christians. The book includes thorough discussion of hermeneutic and methodological implications, …
Canonization and Decanonization
This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious canons as well. It has two sections: (De)canonization and the History of Religions, and (De)canonization and Modern Society. In the first section pro…
The Image of the Judaeo-Christians in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature
This conference volume purports to draw the ancient Judaeo-Christians from the obscurity to which they are confined in prevailing historical approaches. To that aim, the evidence from both Jewish and Christian sources is interpreted by scholars of Judaism, theology, archaeology and history. The introductory essay outlines a paradigm inclusive of Jewish and Christian history which allows us to view the Judaeo-Christians in the proper perspective, …
What did Paul mean by ‘Those Who Know the Law’? (Rom 7.1)
In the framework of his grand argument on the law in Rom 6 and 7, Paul in Rom 7.1-4 uses a comparison that specifically appeals to ‘those who know the law’
Didache and Judaism
Le judaïsme et l' avènement du christianisme
Jesus und das Judentum
Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The papers in this volume are organized around the ambition to reboot the writing of history about Jews and Christians in the first two centuries CE. Many are convinced of the need for a new perspective on this crucial period that saw both the birth of rabbinic Judaism and apostolic Christianity and their parting of ways. Yet the traditional paradigm of Judaism and Christianity as being two totally different systems of life and thought still pred…
The Song of Songs in the Teachings of Jesus and the Development of the Exposition on the Song
Picking up on the revived interest in the Song of Songs in biblical scholarship, the article focuses on the significance of the Song in the tradition of Jesus’ teachings. After a survey of rabbinic midrash on the Song, five examples show that Jesus as remembered in the gospel tradition expresses an unusual interest in the Song with a discreet mystical emphasis. The nuptial Christology that subsequently surfaces in Revelation and in Hippolytus and…
What’s Divine about Divine Law? Early Perspectives, written by Christine Hayes
Sources on the politics of Judaea in the 50s CE
Martin Goodman argues that Josephus’ presentation of 6–66 CE Judaea as a place of growing tensions leading to war with Rome copies Thucydides and is contradicted by his own evidence. This theory is countered at several levels. First, Josephus’ Jewish War does not imitate Thucydides’ 50-year pre-war period. Second, while Jewish War blames the war on the insignificant philosophy of Judas the Galilean and incompetent equestrian governors, Antiquitie…
Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The present volume collects scholarly studies by Peter J. Tomson on ancient Jewish law, Jesus and Paul in their Jewish context, and the early history of Jews and Christians including the initial moment of separation.
Studies on Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries
The present volume gathers up studies by Peter J. Tomson, written over thirty-odd years, that deal with ancient Jewish law and identity, the teachings of Jesus, the letters of Paul, and the historiography of early Jews and Christians. Notable subject areas are Jewish purity laws, divorce law, and the use of the name 'Jews'. The author also examines Jesus' teachings as understood in their primary and secondary contexts, the various situations Paul…
Between Jews and Heretics
status: Published
The Birth of Doubt
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
Paul, the Rabbis, and the Gentiles
Combining review and critical discussion, the article begins by summarising the successive chapters of Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Goy: Israel’s Multiple Others and the Birth of the Gentile (2018). The book traces the development of the phrase goy from its meaning of “nation” in the Old Testament to the meaning of “non-Jew” in rabbinic literature. The apostle Paul is given a singular importance, as he was the first to use the Greek term ethnē …
Evolving Scholarship on Ancient Judaism and Christianity
The article gives an overview of the publications and the editorial policy of Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum since its inception in 1969. It was presented as an introductory address at a symposium presenting CRINT 16, The Literature of the Sages: A Re-visioning, edited by Professor Christine Hayes of Yale University, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on March 21, 2023. While making some minor adaptations and supplementing the bibliogr…
Jews and Christians in the Roman World
Parting of the Ways
Early Judaism and the Beginnings of Christianity
The Song of Songs through the Ages
Philosophy (17 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (16 works) · Judaism (15 works) · Theology (14 works) · History (12 works) · Jewish studies (11 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (10 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Religious studies (9 works)