Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Judaism"

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Genealogy, Circumcision, and Conversion in Early Judaism and Christianity

Thiessen, Matthew (2010)

<p>In his important work, The Beginnings of Jewishness, Shaye J. D. Cohen has argued that what it meant to be a Jew underwent considerable revision during the second century B.C.E. While previously a Jew was defined in ...
Marriage and Divorce in the Herodian Family: A Case Study of Diversity in Late Second Temple Judaism

Moen, Ingrid Johanne (2009)

<p>Noting the disparities between the stipulations of rabbinic law and the behavior of the Herodian royal family, scholars have traditionally described the family's commitment to Judaism as lackluster. In particular, many ...