Matthew Novenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6029383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Novenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Novenson |
| SIGNATURE | NOVENSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Biblical Studies Department, Princeton Theological Seminary 46 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ 08542, USA;, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Why Does R. Akiba Acclaim Bar Kokhba as Messiah
Peter Schäfer has argued that the name of R. Akiba is secondary to y. Ta'an. 4:8/27, in which R. Akiba is said to have acclaimed Bar Kokhba as messiah. Some interpreters have countered, however, that rabbinic haggadah would not attribute such an embarrassing position to R. Akiba if he had not held it. In response to both these arguments, I propose that the R. Akiba-Bar Kokhba tradition fits a pattern of talmudic stories about the Second Revolt in…
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Why Does R. Akiba Acclaim Bar Kokhba as Messiah
Peter Schäfer has argued that the name of R. Akiba is secondary to y. Ta'an. 4:8/27, in which R. Akiba is said to have acclaimed Bar Kokhba as messiah. Some interpreters have countered, however, that rabbinic haggadah would not attribute such an embarrassing position to R. Akiba if he had not held it. In response to both these arguments, I propose that the R. Akiba-Bar Kokhba tradition fits a pattern of talmudic stories about the Second Revolt in…
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