TY - JOUR
T1 - The story of king Jannaeus (b. Qiddušin 66a)
T2 - A pharisaic reply to sectarian polemic
AU - Noam, Vered
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - As is well known, no Pharisaic document has survived. What we know of this Jewish faction has been transmitted through the mediation of other, frequently hostile, factions, or later sources. The sudden discovery of a Pharisaic document hidden in a cave somewhere would certainly arouse profound interest and excitement. In what follows, I would like to propose that the story of the rupture between King Jannaeus and the Pharisees recounted in b. Qiddušin 66a is actually such a discovery, except that it was not concealed in a sealed jar but rather embedded in the Babylonian Talmud (BT).
AB - As is well known, no Pharisaic document has survived. What we know of this Jewish faction has been transmitted through the mediation of other, frequently hostile, factions, or later sources. The sudden discovery of a Pharisaic document hidden in a cave somewhere would certainly arouse profound interest and excitement. In what follows, I would like to propose that the story of the rupture between King Jannaeus and the Pharisees recounted in b. Qiddušin 66a is actually such a discovery, except that it was not concealed in a sealed jar but rather embedded in the Babylonian Talmud (BT).
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U2 - 10.1017/S0017816014000054
DO - 10.1017/S0017816014000054
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AN - SCOPUS:84897824852
SN - 0017-8160
VL - 107
SP - 31
EP - 58
JO - Harvard Theological Review
JF - Harvard Theological Review
IS - 1
ER -