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Caiaphas the high priest / Adele Reinhartz

Caiaphas the high priest / Adele Reinhartz Hardcover - 2011

by Reinhartz, Adele

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Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; x, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary; As the Roman-appointed high priest who had a hand in orchestrating Jesus's Crucifixion, Caiaphas secured his place in infamy alongside Pontius Pilate. Viewing Caiaphas as more than just a one-dimensional villain, Adele Reinhartz offers a thorough reconsideration of representations of Caiaphas in the Gospels and other ancient texts as well as in subsequent visual arts, literature, film, and drama. The portrait that emerges challenges long-held beliefs about this New Testament figure by examining the background of the high priesthood and exploring the relationships among the high priest, the Roman leadership, and the Jewish population. Reinhartz does not seek to exonerate Caiaphas from culpability in the Crucifixion, but she does expand our understanding of Caiaphas's complex religious and political roles in biblical literature and his culturally loaded depictions in ongoing Jewish-Christian dialogue. Subjects; Caiaphas High priest active 1st century. Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis ; New Testament
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Details

  • Title Caiaphas the high priest / Adele Reinhartz
  • Author Reinhartz, Adele
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 254
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, Columbia
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 274029
  • ISBN 9781570039461 / 1570039461
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Caiaphas
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011000901
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the jacket flap

By clarifying the role of the high priest in Second Temple Judaism and by explicating the historical evidence on Caiaphis as the longest serving high priest of post-Herodian Judea, Reinhartz offers a more balanced assessment of his motives and role in the death of Jesus. This insightful reevaluation of Caiaphas also allows for a new appreciation of the challenge Jesus posed to the high priest's authority under Roman rule, and thus Reinhartz's work advances our understanding of both Caiaphas and Jesus as biblical and historical figures.

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  • Choice, 05/01/2012, Page 0

About the author

Adele Reinhartz is a professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Her books include Why Ask My Name? Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative, Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John, Scripture on the Silver Screen, and Jesus of Hollywood.