{"product_id":"the-three-crowns-structures-of-communal-politics-in-early-rabbinic-jewry-hardback-9780521372909","title":"The Three Crowns; Structures of Communal Politics in Early Rabbinic Jewry (Hardback) 9780521372909","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Three Crowns\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStructures of Communal Politics in Early Rabbinic Jewry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines scholarly interest in the historical origins and manifestations of Jewry's distinctive traditions of constitutional thought and political action.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart A. Cohen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521372909, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 February 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\r\r\n\r\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Jewish national revival of our times has stimulated scholarly interest in the historical origins and manifestations of Jewry's distinctive traditions of constitutional thought and political action. This study is a contribution to that enquiry. Focusing on the structures of communal rule forged during the first five centuries of the common era, the book presents an analysis of the processes whereby the rabbis and their disciples replaced both priests and civic rulers as foci of political royalty and instruments of domestic government throughout the Jewish world. Cohen argues that much of Jewish political history during the age of the Mishnah and Talmud can be read as a record of the attempt to reinterpret the ancient concept of the three crowns (or clusters of rulership which determined Jewish public behaviour) and adapt it to rabbinic purposes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on transliteration and translation\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The concept of the three ketarim\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Versions of the Past: Visions of the Future: 2. Institutions and their instruments\u003cbr\u003e 3. History as propaganda: the rabbinic version\u003cbr\u003e 4. Other positions, other priorities\u003cbr\u003e Part II. From Theory to Practice: the Struggle for Supremacy: 5. The first phase (c.135 BCE–c.100 CE)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rabbis and priests (c.100 CE–c.300 CE)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rabbis and appointed rulers (c.100 CE–c.400 CE)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Ensuring Hegemony: 8. The institutionalisation of rabbinic authority\u003cbr\u003e 9. Patterns of succession and pageants of installation\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: a symbol and its resonance\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography, Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007150149912,"sku":"9780521372909","price":87.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521372909i_2dd52dd1-491c-45b4-a739-6a36b006c6fd.jpg?v=1691375985","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-three-crowns-structures-of-communal-politics-in-early-rabbinic-jewry-hardback-9780521372909","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}