JAMNIA

jămˈnēə, biblical Jabneeljăbˈnē-ĕl, jăbˈnēl and Jabnehjăbˈnə, –nē [Heb.,=God causes to build], ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack of Jerusalem (a.d. 70), Jamnia became a great Jewish cultural center. At the prayer of Johanan ben Zakkai, Vespasian spared Jamnia and permitted Johanan to settle there as leader of the Jewish community after the fall of Jerusalem. The Great Sanhedrin was moved to Jamnia, and the city became the capital of the Jews until the rise of Simon Bar Kokba. In the Middle Ages the Crusaders fortified the city.

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Seers, Sibyls, and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism
Book by John J. Collins; Brill Academic Publishers, 2001
Subjects: Apocalyptic Literature--History And Criticism, Bible--O.T--Daniel--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Dead Sea Scrolls, Oracula Sibyllina, Sibyls, Wisdom Literature--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
scrutiny and the hypothesis of a Council of Jamnia has been very widely rejected.fi fi The Council of Jamnia, The discussion of the Council of Jamnia, however, involves a number of distinct issues, which should be...
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The New Testament, an Introduction: Proclamation and Parenesis, Myth and History
Book by Norman Perrin, Dennis C. Duling; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Introductions
...was a criterion used by the Pharisees at Jamnia in their selection. The Greek Canon Although the Pharisees at Jamnia spoke for the Judaism of the future...conservative Palestinian Judaism represented at Jamnia was beginning to reject. Moreover, the...
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The Early Christian World - Vol. 1
Book by Philip F. Esler; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Church History--Early Church, Ca. 30-600
...centre of Jewish life moved to there from Jamnia, to Usha until c. 170 , then Beth Shearim...Jewish learning and literary activity. JAMNIA AND THE RABBIS It used to be held that...of putative Jewish self-government in Jamnia following the fall of the Temple was formative...
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Studies in Midrash and Related Literature
Book by Judah Goldin, Barry L. Eichler, Jeffrey H. Tigay; Jewish Publication Society, 1988
Subjects: Aggada--History And Criticism, Judaism--Essence, Genius, Nature, Midrash--History And Criticism
...forces engaged Gorgias, the governor of Jamnia, in battle and ran into difficulties...of the dead men amulets of the idols of Jamnia a practice," adds the author of 2 Maccabees...these Jews wearing amulets of the idols of Jamnia? The Hellenizers, as fifth columnists...
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The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader
Book by Arthur Hertzberg; Jewish Publication Society, 1997
Subjects: Zionism--History--Sources
portance, in Jamnia. 40 As Ahad Ha-Am analyzed the reasons...himself evermore that only a recreated Jamnia could counter the equally grave threat...hence they were making sure, through Jamnia, that their own standards, the rule...
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journal articles on: Jamnia  - 16 results

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Echoes of Wisdoms in the Lord's Prayer(Matt 6:9-13)
Journal article by Rick W. Byargeon; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 41, 1998
...compiled and standardized by Gamaliel at Jamnia after the destruction of the temple near...cult)."20 The role of the rabbis at Jamnia was to provide the editing and arranging...by the Matthean church sometime after Jamnia.22 Furthermore, issues related to content...
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Studies in Matthew
Journal article by Jon C. Laansma; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 49, 2006
...attempt of the parent religion to exclude Christians; Luz: yes); (2) whether Jamnia bears on Matthews work (Davies and Allison: very much so defining Jamnia as a process; Luz: not as Davies and Allison believe it does); (3) whether...
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When Did the Gospels Become Scripture?
Journal article by D. Moody Smith; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 119, 2000
Subjects: Bible, Exegesis & hermeneutics, Judaism, New Testament
...Some, the apocalypses, extend the story into the future. The closing of the Jewish canon (traditionally associated with Jamnia in the year 90) presupposes this penumbra of Jewish books, represented at least in part by the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha...
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"Palestine Was a Halting Place, One of Many": Diasporism in the Poetry of Charles Reznikoff
Journal article by Ranen Omer; MELUS, Vol. 25, 2000
Subjects: Jewish authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish diaspora--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jewish poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Reznikoff, Charles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...poems seems significant. Originally, the typescript that includes the full-length versions of "Babylon," "The Academy at Jamnia," "The Synagogue Defeated," "Spain," "Poland," and "Russia," bore the title "If I Forget You Jerusalem: In Memoriam...
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The Bible in English Translation: an Essential Guide
Journal article by William F. Warren Jr.; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 42, 1999
...Apocrypha leaves the mistaken impression that a set number of books were already recognized perhaps as early as the school at Jamnia and seems to be based on an untenable Alexandrian-canon hypothesis for the origin of the Apocrypha. And the mention of Jeromes...
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PLO Recognition Urged by British and Dutch Church Councils
Magazine article by L. Humphrey Walz; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. IX, May 1990
Subjects: Israel, Nationalism, Organizations, Patriotism, Politics
...Jesus as Messiah filled the void for many Jews. Some twenty years later, a council of rabbis meeting in Yavneh (= Jabneh = Jamnia) tagged those who accepted this doctrine as "Minim" (variously translated "heretics," "defectors," or "traitors...


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encyclopedia articles on: Jamnia  - 8 results

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Jamnia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAMNIA jam ne , biblical Jabneel jab ne-el...before the sack of Jerusalem (a.d. 70), Jamnia became a great Jewish cultural center...of Johanan ben Zakkai , Vespasian spared Jamnia and permitted Johanan to settle there as...
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Gamaliel of Jabneh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...according to tradition, taught St. Paul the law. A Palestinian Tanna, he succeeded Johanan ben Zakkai as head of the academy at Jamnia . He centralized rabbinic authority and was recognized by the Romans as a leader of his people. He played a significant role...
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Baalah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Baal, in the Bible. 1 The same as Bilhah 2. 2 The same as Kirjath-jearim . 3 Unidentified mountain, in the vicinity of Jamnia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Cedron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CEDRON se dr n, in the Bible. 1 The same as Kidron . 2 Place, near Jamnia, fortified against the Maccabees. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Jabneh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JABNEH jab ne, variant of Jamnia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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