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destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
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Jewish society under Rome and Persia
Jewish Studies
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Talmudic narratives
well-known rabbinic tale
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- ISBN 9780878201969
- Weight: 687g
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2022
- Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous stories in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet triggers a series of events which eventually culminates in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Until the Holocaust, Jews commonly viewed the razing of the Second Temple as the greatest calamity in all Jewish history, and for many Jews through the ages, the story of Bar Qamtza explained why it had happened. In time, the story also became emblematic of the internal strife and divisive infighting which have troubled Jewish communities time and again across the generations. In A Tragedy of Errors: Bar Qamtza and the Fall of Jerusalem, Amram Tropper enlists this well-known rabbinic tale as a window into the world of its authors and early audiences. Through a close reading and thick description of the story, Tropper illuminates ancient Jewish social ideals and cultural practices, religious beliefs and literary trajectories, historical imaginings and political inclinations, systemic structures and institutional realities. In Tropper's hands, the story of Bar Qamtza serves as a springboard for exploring the interplay of the minutiae of everyday life in antiquity and the overarching architecture of Jewish society under Rome and Persia.
Amram Tropper is Senior Lecturer in Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
