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A History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods

Jeffrey Rubenstein 1995 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license © Brown University
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  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Publishers' Preface
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Origins and Ancient History of Sukkot
    • I. Legal Traditions
    • II. Narrative Traditions
    • III. General Theories
    • IV. Origins of the Sukka and Lulav
  • 2. The Second Temple Period
    • I. Ezra-Nehemiah
    • II. Zechariah 14
    • III. Jubilees
    • IV. 1-2 Maccabees
    • V. Qumran Scrolls
    • VI. Philo
    • VII. Pseudo-Philo
    • VIII. Josephus
    • IX. Christian Scriptures
    • X. Plutarch
    • XI. Numismatics and Iconography
    • XII. Conclusions
  • 3. The Sukkot Temple Festival: Rabbinic Traditions
    • I. The Willow-Procession
    • II. The Water Libation
    • III. The Cultic Background of the Libation
    • IV. Simḥat Beit Hasho’eva (Rejoicing at the Place of Water Drawing)
    • V. SBH in the Light of Hellenistic Religions
    • VI. Extra-Rabbinic Evidence of SBH
    • VII. The Lulav and the Hallel
    • VIII. Conclusions
  • 4. Sukkot and Rain in Tannaitic Sources
    • I. Sukkot, Judgment and Rain
    • II. Interpretations of the Lulav
    • III. Rain and the Liturgy
    • IV. Conclusions
  • 5. History of Tannaitic Halakha
    • I. The Endurance of the Lulav and the Sukka
    • II. The Four Species
    • III. The Rabbinic Lulav Ritual
    • IV. Skhakh (Sukka-Roofing)
    • V. Skhakh: The Essence of the Sukka
    • VI. The Sukka
    • VII. Dwelling in the Sukka
    • VIII. Conclusions
  • 6. Tannaitic Midrashim: The Clouds of Glory
    • I. The Biblical Background
    • II. Clouds of Glory in the Midrashim
    • III. Clouds of Glory and the "Desert Motif"
    • IV. The Halakha and the Aggada
    • V. Conclusions
  • 7. Sukkot in the Amoraic Midrashim
    • I. Eschatology
    • II. Rejoicing and Atonement
    • III. Protection and the Clouds of Glory
    • IV. Unity
    • V. The Lulav as Sign
    • VI. Rain and Agriculture
    • VII. Miscellaneous
    • VIII. Conclusions
  • 8. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Scriptural Index

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