Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole:

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" Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole: "
Ari Finkelstein

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075433
Doc. No	:	LA119062
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492197‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Ari Finkelstein
Title & Author	:	Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole: [Article] : Categorizing Works of Jewish Historiography of the Second Temple Period\ Ari Finkelstein
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	49/3
Page No	:	303–329
Abstract	:	The categories of Jewish historiography of the Second Temple Period frame how scholars and their students approach crucial texts of this era and therefore shape our understanding of history. Yet, these categories are fraught with difficulties. This article explores this issue by examining Daniel R. Schwartz’s categorization of Second Temple historiography as either Palestinian or diasporan works. While these categories provide interesting insights, they also leave far too many exceptions. This article demonstrates that such efforts of categorization warp our understanding of Second Temple historiography. Rather than categorize Second Temple historiography I suggest that each work ought to be considered from the point of view of its author’s aims. The categories of Jewish historiography of the Second Temple Period frame how scholars and their students approach crucial texts of this era and therefore shape our understanding of history. Yet, these categories are fraught with difficulties. This article explores this issue by examining Daniel R. Schwartz’s categorization of Second Temple historiography as either Palestinian or diasporan works. While these categories provide interesting insights, they also leave far too many exceptions. This article demonstrates that such efforts of categorization warp our understanding of Second Temple historiography. Rather than categorize Second Temple historiography I suggest that each work ought to be considered from the point of view of its author’s aims.
Descriptor	:	Daniel R. Schwartz
Descriptor	:	historiography
Descriptor	:	Second Temple
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492197‬