Envisioning Judaism: Studies in Honor of Peter Schafer on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday

This volume offers an extensive collection of cutting-edge articles in Jewish studies and related areas that celebrate Peter Schäfer and take their lead from his groundbreaking scholarship. The collection lays particular emphasis on the dynamics of continuity and change in Jewish society, culture, and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world, while also tracing how in the course of the medieval and early modern periods Jews, Christians, and Muslims came to participate in-and contest-shared literary, intellectual, and religious traditions. Taken together, this collection reflects the startling breadth of Schäfer s own research interests as well as the lasting impact of his contributions to the academic study of Jewish literature and history, which have made visible the inner diversity of Judaism and stressed the essential place of Jewish studies within the humanities. Contributors: Mika Ahuvia, Philip Alexander, Adam H. Becker, Gideon Bohak, Ra`anan Boustan, Daniel Boyarin, Shaye J. D. Cohen, Joseph Dan, Nicholas de Lange, Yaacob Dweck, Werner Eck, Rainer Enskat, Michael Fishbane, Steven D. Fraade, Carlos Fraenkel, John Gager, Mark Geller, David Goodblatt, Judith Hauptman, Klaus Herrmann, Catherine Hezser, Martha Himmelfarb, Ulrike Hirschfelder, William Horbury, Tal Ilan, Eduard Iricinschi, Martin Jacobs, William Chester Jordan, Richard Kalmin, Sarit Kattan Gribetz, David Kraemer, Peter Kuhn, Annelies Kuyt, Hayim Lapin, Matthias Lehmann, Andreas Lehnardt, Reimund Leicht, Lee Levine, Hanna Liss, Michael Meerson, Doron Mendels, Leib Moscovitz, Gerold Necker, Maren R. Niehoff, Aharon Oppenheimer, Elaine Pagels, Tessa Rajak, Bill Rebiger, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Gottfried Reeg, Ronen Reichman, Stefan C. Reif, Dorothea M. Salzer, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann, Daniel R. Schwartz, Joshua Schwartz, Seth Schwartz, Yaacov Shavit, Günter Stemberger, David Stern, Michael D. Swartz, Giuseppe Veltri, Moulie Vidas, Elliot R. Wolfson, Azzan Yadin-Israel, Holger Zellentin