Eyal Regev
Biographic Data
| ID | 982196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eyal Regev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eyal |
| FAMILY NAME | Regev |
| SIGNATURE | REGEV E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0958-8707 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trumpets and Epitaphs: The War Scroll cols. 3–9 in Ritual Perspective
Cols. 3–9 of 1 QM appear to address military organization and tactics. However, the predominant focus in these sections extends beyond warfare to ceremonial elements such as trumpets, banners and the ritual inscriptions on them. Even the weaponry is described with meticulous attention to aesthetic and nonfunctional details, as one might find in a museum exhibition. A literary-rhetorical analysis of these columns points to ritual aspects crafted t…
Archaeology, Purity and Society: Some Methodological Reflections
This article examines the assumptions and methodology underlying the correlation between stepped pools and stone vessels and purity laws and practices. It focuses on the way these are interpreted in light of Second Temple period and early rabbinic texts. The article further introduces more complex understandings of the emergence of ritual baths in the Hasmonean period as an expression of Jewish ethnic identity, and the flourishing of ritual baths…
The Village People: Social Aspects of Rural Settlements—Comments on Method and Theory
The village is usually viewed as a basic geographic and economic unit, characterized by unsophisticated social organization, limited interpersonal ties and weak external social networks. However, studies in rural archaeology and anthropology revealed that village life was more complex. This article offers a survey of several key theoretical issues relevant for interpreting archaeological remains of villages, farmsteads and estates/villas from a s…
Jerusalem as the Central Place for Paul and Acts
In Galatians 1-2, Paul mentions several times that the apostles' leadership is situated in Jerusalem. In Gal 2:1-2, he even designates it simply as "Jerusalem". Paul acknowledges the centrality of the apostles in Jerusalem in his enterprise of the collection of the money for the saints in Jerusalem. Yet, the city is transformed into central theological concepts in Paul's distinction between "the present Jerusalem" and "Jerusalem above" (Gal 4:25-…
Sect or Cult: Comparing the Qumranites and Early Christians Using New Methods of the Sociology of Religion
Der Artikel vergleicht die Qumran-Bewegungen und die frühen Christen im ersten Jahrhundert mit Hilfe von Theorien, Modellen und Beispielen aus der Religionssoziologie. Er zeigt, dass die Bewegungen des Qumran-Jachad und des Damaskus-Bundes Sekten waren, während die Christusgläubigen Mitglieder eines Kultes oder einer neuen religiösen Bewegung waren. Dies könnte die sozialen Unterschiede zwischen Qumran und dem frühen Christentum erklären
Pit, Loculus, and Ossuary: The Family and the Individual in Late Second Temple Judean Burial Caves
From the Hasmonean period until 70 c.e., there were three consecutive types of family burial in Judea: pit-bench caves, loculi caves, and ossuaries. In each, the treatment of skeletal remains and their distribution within the caves attest to different types of family relationships and different ways in which families perceived themselves. It is suggested that the place of the individual within the family developed gradually along with these buria…
Feasting before the War: Social Structure and Organization of Masada’s Rebels
The ceramic assemblage of the rebels at Masada is compared with other contemporary sites in order to determine whether it is unique or conventional. Consequently, the rebels’ material culture is examined to understand their social organization and structure, with an eye to their spatial organization, according to their food consumption and food preparation. The proportion of tableware, storage and cooking vessels, as well as the number and locati…
Hebrews' High Priestly Christology: Models, Method and Aim
This article suggests a systematic analysis of the ways the author of the Letter to the Hebrews links Christ and the sacrificial system, exploring the author's method of using the sacrificial system in his Christology. It points to the issues in which Hebrews embraces traditional Jewish cultic ideas and-building on these basics-those in which Hebrews greatly diverges and modifies high priestly features. The manner in which the author bases his Ch…
Folded wheel-made oil lamps, standing pit burial caves and Judaean ethnic identity in the Hasmonean period
Two distinct archaeological phenomena appeared between the middle of the second century BCE and the middle of the first century: the Hasmonean folded wheel-made lamp and the standing pit burial cave. Following an examination of their dating, distribution, and social significance we suggest that this material culture was characteristic of the Jews in Judaea during this time and that it reflects the creation of an ethnic identity. The fact that the…
The Hellenization of the Hasmoneans Revisited: The Archaeological Evidence
The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in Jericho and the numismatic evidence on the Hasmoneans are examined in order to understand the Hasmonean rulers' approach to Hellenistic culture. They enable us to see not only the extent of Hellenistic influence, but also how and why Hellenistic markers were used. Hellenistic art, swimming pools, bathhouses, and symbols on the coins that represent victory, success, government and power, s…
Early Christianity in Light of New Religious Movements
Comparing early Christian groups with modern new religious movements ( nrm s) and cults enables us to identify and analyze indicative social and religious attributes that defined the self-identity of the early Christians (as reflected in the letters of Paul, Acts, and the Gospel of John), made them stand out as different, and, ultimately, led to their rejection by outside society. The devotion to Jesus as Christ and the inclusion of Gentiles amon…
Sacha Stern
Inside Herod’s Courts: Social Relations and Royal Ideology in the Herodian Palaces
The article examines the social relations in Herod’s royal courts according to the archaeological discoveries in the Herodian palaces of Jericho, Masada, and Caesarea and what kind of political self-image is represented by these palaces. Space Syntax Theory (Access Analysis) is used to examine the spatial plan of these five palaces. Until 15 B.C.E. Herod was interested in maintaining an open court, being easily approachable to many visitors. It t…
Lennon and Jesus: Secularization and the Transformation of Religion
John Lennon's religious discourse, as manifested in his many interviews and song lyrics, is characterized by two conflicting elements: a strong interest in Jesus as a moral figure, and criticism of the Christian establishment. Lennon's message of love and peace was inspired by certain Christian ideas that he attributed to Jesus, as well as by his recognition of the declining relevance of established religion in society. Lennon also made close con…
Royal Ideology in the Hasmonaean Palaces in Jericho
The four Hasmonaean palaces in Jericho are analyzed in order to reconstruct the manner in which the Hasmonaean rulers displayed their status and authority as well as their relationship with their subjects. The architecture of the palaces is compared with contemporaneous Hellenistic palaces and Herod’s palaces in particular. The method of access analysis is applied to the Hasmonaean and Herodian palaces in order to understand the social characteri…
Temple Concerns and High-Priestly Prosecutions from Peter to James: Between Narrative and History
This article demonstrates that according to the Acts of the Apostles, the major charges brought against Peter, Stephen, and Paul—as well as, in later Christian texts, against James—are violations of the Temple's sacredness, both by means of statements about and actions within it. On the narrative level, in their portrayal of the conflicts and trials of these early Christian leaders, the ancient Christian sources argued that because the early Chri…
From Qumran to the Yahad: A New Paradigm of Textual Development for the Community Rule
The Courtyards of the House of the Lord: Studies on the Temple Scroll
Herod's Jewish Ideology Facing Romanization: On Intermarriage, Ritual Baths, and Speeches
In this article I explore the manner in which Herod expressed his Jewish self-identity and how he used it to rule his own people. Evidence from Herodian intermarriage, ritual baths in Herod's palaces, and speeches by Herod and Nicolaus are interpreted as representations of Herod's commitment to the Jewish ethos, namely, traces of Herod's preservation of or reflection on his own Jewish identity. My aim is therefore to understand how Herod perceive…
Access Analysis of Khirbet Qumran: Reading Spatial Organization and Social Boundaries
This article examines the spatial organization and architecture of Khirbet Qumran using Hillier and Hanson's Space Syntax theory, commonly called access analysis. The results show strong social boundaries and the division of the site into distinct clusters, in a specific hierarchical structure that entails ritualization. The access analysis map of Kh. Qumran is compared with those of seven other contemporaneous manor houses or villas, in which al…
Hanukkah and the Temple of the Maccabees: Ritual and Ideology from Judas Maccabeus to Simon
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Ancient Jewish Style: Why were Ossuaries and Southern Oil Lamps Decorated?
This article aims to explore the social dynamics underlying the emergence of decorated ossuaries and “Southern” oil lamps in light of the anthropological-archaeological study of style. The great variety of motifs and endless combination of patterns correspond to Polly Wiessner's definition of “assertive” (individualistic) style. It is therefore suggested that the decorations derive from a tendency to express the personal identity of the owners of…
The Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Sacred: Meaning and Ideology in the Halakhic Controversies between the Sadducees and Pharisees
Moral Impurity and the Temple in Early Christianity in Light of Ancient Greek Practice and Qumranic Ideology
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Family Burial, Family Structure, and The Urbanization of Herodian Jerusalem
Epigraphic, archaeological, and historical data indicate that most of the population in Herodian Jerusalem was buried in family caves. In several cases, however, Diaspora Jews and proselytes were buried together, replacing the family by an alternative reference group of other immigrants or proselytes. Furthermore, the Qumran sectarians, and perhaps also some early Christians and pharisaic haverim, chose to withdraw from their families and to be b…
Pure Individualism: The Idea of Non-Priestly Purity in Ancient Judaism
Cet article propose une etude sur la purete non sacerdotale dans le judaisme ancien a partir de textes, de nouvelles preuves provenant de Qumran, et surtout de fouilles archeologiques et une nouvelle approche des caracteristiques religieuses et sociales de ce phenomene, cela afin de fournir une interpretation nouvelle de quelques questions importantes : - Qui etaient ceux qui observaient une purete non sacerdotale ? Cela caracterisait-il seulemen…
Herod's Jewish Ideology Facing Romanization: On Intermarriage, Ritual Baths, and Speeches
In this article I explore the manner in which Herod expressed his Jewish self-identity and how he used it to rule his own people. Evidence from Herodian intermarriage, ritual baths in Herod's palaces, and speeches by Herod and Nicolaus are interpreted as representations of Herod's commitment to the Jewish ethos, namely, traces of Herod's preservation of or reflection on his own Jewish identity. My aim is therefore to understand how Herod perceive…
Jerusalem as the Central Place for Paul and Acts
In Galatians 1-2, Paul mentions several times that the apostles' leadership is situated in Jerusalem. In Gal 2:1-2, he even designates it simply as "Jerusalem". Paul acknowledges the centrality of the apostles in Jerusalem in his enterprise of the collection of the money for the saints in Jerusalem. Yet, the city is transformed into central theological concepts in Paul's distinction between "the present Jerusalem" and "Jerusalem above" (Gal 4:25-…
Folded wheel-made oil lamps, standing pit burial caves and Judaean ethnic identity in the Hasmonean period
Two distinct archaeological phenomena appeared between the middle of the second century BCE and the middle of the first century: the Hasmonean folded wheel-made lamp and the standing pit burial cave. Following an examination of their dating, distribution, and social significance we suggest that this material culture was characteristic of the Jews in Judaea during this time and that it reflects the creation of an ethnic identity. The fact that the…
Early Christianity in Light of New Religious Movements
Comparing early Christian groups with modern new religious movements ( nrm s) and cults enables us to identify and analyze indicative social and religious attributes that defined the self-identity of the early Christians (as reflected in the letters of Paul, Acts, and the Gospel of John), made them stand out as different, and, ultimately, led to their rejection by outside society. The devotion to Jesus as Christ and the inclusion of Gentiles amon…
Family Burial, Family Structure, and The Urbanization of Herodian Jerusalem
Epigraphic, archaeological, and historical data indicate that most of the population in Herodian Jerusalem was buried in family caves. In several cases, however, Diaspora Jews and proselytes were buried together, replacing the family by an alternative reference group of other immigrants or proselytes. Furthermore, the Qumran sectarians, and perhaps also some early Christians and pharisaic haverim, chose to withdraw from their families and to be b…
Comparing Sectarian Practice and Organization: The Qumran Sects in Light of the Regulations of the Shakers, Hutterites, Mennonites and Amish
This article tries to demonstrate that the unique regulations of the Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) sect are derived from its social character as a sect, not from scriptural exegesis or Hellenistic influence. In order to achieve this goal, the article introduces practices that are typical of introversionist sects, and shows that they can also be found in Qumran. Thus the evidence from Qumran contributes to the understanding of the sectarian practices …
How Did the Temple Mount Fall to Pompey
Quand Pompee arriva en Palestine en 63 avant JC, Jean Hyrcan II et Aristobule II se disputait le trone d'Israel. Israel finit par tomber aux mains des Romains apres la prise de Jerusalem. Flavius Josephe decrit le siege de la Montagne du Temple par Pompee dans les Antiquites juives (XIV 58-68). Ce recit revele une foule de details problematiques sur le plan historique. L'A. se propose de poser ces problemes et de les resoudre pour comprendre les …
Josephus on Gibeah: Versions of a Toponym
Pure Individualism: The Idea of Non-Priestly Purity in Ancient Judaism
Cet article propose une etude sur la purete non sacerdotale dans le judaisme ancien a partir de textes, de nouvelles preuves provenant de Qumran, et surtout de fouilles archeologiques et une nouvelle approche des caracteristiques religieuses et sociales de ce phenomene, cela afin de fournir une interpretation nouvelle de quelques questions importantes : - Qui etaient ceux qui observaient une purete non sacerdotale ? Cela caracterisait-il seulemen…
Moral Impurity and the Temple in Early Christianity in Light of Ancient Greek Practice and Qumranic Ideology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Family Burial, Family Structure, and The Urbanization of Herodian Jerusalem
Epigraphic, archaeological, and historical data indicate that most of the population in Herodian Jerusalem was buried in family caves. In several cases, however, Diaspora Jews and proselytes were buried together, replacing the family by an alternative reference group of other immigrants or proselytes. Furthermore, the Qumran sectarians, and perhaps also some early Christians and pharisaic haverim, chose to withdraw from their families and to be b…
Comparing Sectarian Practice and Organization: The Qumran Sects in Light of the Regulations of the Shakers, Hutterites, Mennonites and Amish
This article tries to demonstrate that the unique regulations of the Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) sect are derived from its social character as a sect, not from scriptural exegesis or Hellenistic influence. In order to achieve this goal, the article introduces practices that are typical of introversionist sects, and shows that they can also be found in Qumran. Thus the evidence from Qumran contributes to the understanding of the sectarian practices …
Ancient Jewish Style: Why were Ossuaries and Southern Oil Lamps Decorated?
This article aims to explore the social dynamics underlying the emergence of decorated ossuaries and “Southern” oil lamps in light of the anthropological-archaeological study of style. The great variety of motifs and endless combination of patterns correspond to Polly Wiessner's definition of “assertive” (individualistic) style. It is therefore suggested that the decorations derive from a tendency to express the personal identity of the owners of…
The Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Sacred: Meaning and Ideology in the Halakhic Controversies between the Sadducees and Pharisees
Hanukkah and the Temple of the Maccabees: Ritual and Ideology from Judas Maccabeus to Simon
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Access Analysis of Khirbet Qumran: Reading Spatial Organization and Social Boundaries
This article examines the spatial organization and architecture of Khirbet Qumran using Hillier and Hanson's Space Syntax theory, commonly called access analysis. The results show strong social boundaries and the division of the site into distinct clusters, in a specific hierarchical structure that entails ritualization. The access analysis map of Kh. Qumran is compared with those of seven other contemporaneous manor houses or villas, in which al…
Temple Concerns and High-Priestly Prosecutions from Peter to James: Between Narrative and History
This article demonstrates that according to the Acts of the Apostles, the major charges brought against Peter, Stephen, and Paul—as well as, in later Christian texts, against James—are violations of the Temple's sacredness, both by means of statements about and actions within it. On the narrative level, in their portrayal of the conflicts and trials of these early Christian leaders, the ancient Christian sources argued that because the early Chri…
From Qumran to the Yahad: A New Paradigm of Textual Development for the Community Rule
The Courtyards of the House of the Lord: Studies on the Temple Scroll
Herod's Jewish Ideology Facing Romanization: On Intermarriage, Ritual Baths, and Speeches
In this article I explore the manner in which Herod expressed his Jewish self-identity and how he used it to rule his own people. Evidence from Herodian intermarriage, ritual baths in Herod's palaces, and speeches by Herod and Nicolaus are interpreted as representations of Herod's commitment to the Jewish ethos, namely, traces of Herod's preservation of or reflection on his own Jewish identity. My aim is therefore to understand how Herod perceive…
Royal Ideology in the Hasmonaean Palaces in Jericho
The four Hasmonaean palaces in Jericho are analyzed in order to reconstruct the manner in which the Hasmonaean rulers displayed their status and authority as well as their relationship with their subjects. The architecture of the palaces is compared with contemporaneous Hellenistic palaces and Herod’s palaces in particular. The method of access analysis is applied to the Hasmonaean and Herodian palaces in order to understand the social characteri…
Inside Herod’s Courts: Social Relations and Royal Ideology in the Herodian Palaces
The article examines the social relations in Herod’s royal courts according to the archaeological discoveries in the Herodian palaces of Jericho, Masada, and Caesarea and what kind of political self-image is represented by these palaces. Space Syntax Theory (Access Analysis) is used to examine the spatial plan of these five palaces. Until 15 B.C.E. Herod was interested in maintaining an open court, being easily approachable to many visitors. It t…
Lennon and Jesus: Secularization and the Transformation of Religion
John Lennon's religious discourse, as manifested in his many interviews and song lyrics, is characterized by two conflicting elements: a strong interest in Jesus as a moral figure, and criticism of the Christian establishment. Lennon's message of love and peace was inspired by certain Christian ideas that he attributed to Jesus, as well as by his recognition of the declining relevance of established religion in society. Lennon also made close con…
Sacha Stern
Early Christianity in Light of New Religious Movements
Comparing early Christian groups with modern new religious movements ( nrm s) and cults enables us to identify and analyze indicative social and religious attributes that defined the self-identity of the early Christians (as reflected in the letters of Paul, Acts, and the Gospel of John), made them stand out as different, and, ultimately, led to their rejection by outside society. The devotion to Jesus as Christ and the inclusion of Gentiles amon…
The Hellenization of the Hasmoneans Revisited: The Archaeological Evidence
The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in Jericho and the numismatic evidence on the Hasmoneans are examined in order to understand the Hasmonean rulers' approach to Hellenistic culture. They enable us to see not only the extent of Hellenistic influence, but also how and why Hellenistic markers were used. Hellenistic art, swimming pools, bathhouses, and symbols on the coins that represent victory, success, government and power, s…
Folded wheel-made oil lamps, standing pit burial caves and Judaean ethnic identity in the Hasmonean period
Two distinct archaeological phenomena appeared between the middle of the second century BCE and the middle of the first century: the Hasmonean folded wheel-made lamp and the standing pit burial cave. Following an examination of their dating, distribution, and social significance we suggest that this material culture was characteristic of the Jews in Judaea during this time and that it reflects the creation of an ethnic identity. The fact that the…
Feasting before the War: Social Structure and Organization of Masada’s Rebels
The ceramic assemblage of the rebels at Masada is compared with other contemporary sites in order to determine whether it is unique or conventional. Consequently, the rebels’ material culture is examined to understand their social organization and structure, with an eye to their spatial organization, according to their food consumption and food preparation. The proportion of tableware, storage and cooking vessels, as well as the number and locati…
Hebrews' High Priestly Christology: Models, Method and Aim
This article suggests a systematic analysis of the ways the author of the Letter to the Hebrews links Christ and the sacrificial system, exploring the author's method of using the sacrificial system in his Christology. It points to the issues in which Hebrews embraces traditional Jewish cultic ideas and-building on these basics-those in which Hebrews greatly diverges and modifies high priestly features. The manner in which the author bases his Ch…
Sect or Cult: Comparing the Qumranites and Early Christians Using New Methods of the Sociology of Religion
Der Artikel vergleicht die Qumran-Bewegungen und die frühen Christen im ersten Jahrhundert mit Hilfe von Theorien, Modellen und Beispielen aus der Religionssoziologie. Er zeigt, dass die Bewegungen des Qumran-Jachad und des Damaskus-Bundes Sekten waren, während die Christusgläubigen Mitglieder eines Kultes oder einer neuen religiösen Bewegung waren. Dies könnte die sozialen Unterschiede zwischen Qumran und dem frühen Christentum erklären
Pit, Loculus, and Ossuary: The Family and the Individual in Late Second Temple Judean Burial Caves
From the Hasmonean period until 70 c.e., there were three consecutive types of family burial in Judea: pit-bench caves, loculi caves, and ossuaries. In each, the treatment of skeletal remains and their distribution within the caves attest to different types of family relationships and different ways in which families perceived themselves. It is suggested that the place of the individual within the family developed gradually along with these buria…
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