A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (Brown Judaic Studies)

Synopsis

I. Jews And Christians In The Greco-roman World. Jesus' Baptism By John In The Context Of First-century Judaism ; Converts, Resisters, And Evangelists: Jews In The Acts Of Philip V-vii ; Thecla And The Governor: Who Clothes Whom? ; If It Looks Like A Duck, And It Quacks Like A Duck...: On Not Giving Up The Godfearers ; Who Did What To Whom? Physical Violence Between Jews And Christians In Late Antiquity ; How Do The Dead Sea Scrolls Help Us To Think About Gender In Ancient Judaism? ; The Sound Of Angels' Wings In Paradise: Religious Identity And The Aural Imagination In The Testament Of Adam ; The Night Rabbi Aqiba Slept With Two Women ; The Social Formations Of Paul And His Romans: Synagogues, Churches, And Ockham's Razor ; Fashioning Witnesses: Hebrews And Jews In Early Christian Art ; Entrusted With The Oracles Of God: The Fate Of The Judean Writings In Flavian Rome ; Cultural Creativity In Egyptian Judaism ; Ii. Women In Judaism And Chrisitanity.^ Mothers, Martyrs, And Manly Courage: The Female Martyr In 2 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, And The Acts Of Paul And Thecla ; Susanna's Choice ; What Is Her Word Worth?: Oath Taking And Women In The Mediterranean World ; Optatus's Account Of Lucilla In Against The Donatists, Or, Women Are Good To Undermine With ; Gender And Apocalypticism In Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games Trilogy ; To The Most Honorable Lady, Theophile (luke 1.3; Acts 1.1) ; This Poor Widow... (mark 12:43): From Donation To Diatribe ; Bayit Versus Beit Nidrash: Jewish Mother As Teacher ; In Her Own Words: Religious Autobiography And Agency In Lucia Brocadelli, A Woman Writer Of Early Modern Italy ; Witnesses From Medieval Mediterranean Society: The Reliability Of Jewish Women's Narratives From The Cairo Genizah ; Miriam's Well: Rabbinic Variations On A Folk Motif, Gender Views, And Contemporary Reception ; The Shape-shifting Bride: Reflecting On Race And Ethnicity In Origen's Exegesis Of The Song Of Songs ; E.t.^ Phone Home: Exile And Gender In Postexilic Storytelling ; Her Share Of The Cursings: Grid And Group, Gender And Demons ; Working Women? Professions Of Jewish Women In The Late Ancient Levant ; Ungendering Andrea. Edited By Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Nathaniel P. Desrosiers, Shira L. Lander, Jacqueline Z. Pastis, Daniel Ullucci. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.