A History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods

Rubenstein, Jeffrey

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A History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods

Jeffrey Rubenstein

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Contents

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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Published: 1995

Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies

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