Private households and public politics in 3rd-5th century Jewish Palestine / Alexei Sivertsev.

Revised edition of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and indexes.

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Cover -- Titel -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Central Institutions of the Jewish self-government in Roman Palestine in the Modern Historiography: Theories and Problems -- Local Institutions of the Jewish self-government in Roman Palestine in Modern Historiography -- Rabbinic Literature as a Historical Source: Some Methodological Considerations -- Part I: Jewish Patriarchs: Civic Magnates or Political Leaders? -- Chapter 1: Political and Civic Leadership in the Roman Near East and the Formation of the Second-Third Century Jewish Aristocracy

Philological Ambiguity of Official Titles used in the Roman Near East and its Connection with Contemporary Social Processes -- Political and Municipal Jewish Leaders: A Terminological Ambiguity -- Chapter 2: Titles "Nasi" and "Patriarch" as possible designation for Jewish civic officials -- Title "Nasi" as possible designation for local civic officials -- Title "Patriarch" as possible designation for local civic officials -- Chapter 3: Gamalilean "Nesi'im": National Leaders or Local Magnates? -- Royal Claims of the Local Municipal Magnates in the Roman Near East

Family History of the Gamalilean Nesi'im: From Second Commonwealth Aristocracy to Davidic Descendants -- Gamalilean Nesi'im: National Leaders or Local Magnates? -- Part II: Jewish Aristocratic Households and Their Public Functions in Third-Early Fifth Century Palestine -- Chapter 4: Clan-based public institutions during the Late Second Temple Period -- Private courts in the Gospels -- Local aristocratic clans and their public functions (the case of Galilee) -- Chapter 5: Aristocratic Households and their Public Functions during the Rabbinic Period

"Those of the house of R. X" as Halakhic Authorities in Rabbinic texts -- Chapter 6: Private Courts and Judicial System in Rabbinic Palestine -- Individual judges and consilium-type courts in Rabbinic texts -- Composition of Rabbinic courts and their relationship with private households -- Chapter 7: Private Synagogues and Houses of Study in 3rd-5th Century Palestine and their Connections with Aristocratic Households -- Privately Founded Synagogues in the Diaspora and Palestine -- Private House as a Literary Setting in Rabbinic Texts

Privately Founded Houses of Study in 3rd-5th Century Palestine -- Part III: Creation of the Bureaucratic Apparatus in the Early Byzantine Empire and the Jewish Ruling Elite -- Chapter 8: Jewish Governing Structures and their Place in the Late Roman Near East: An Overview -- Modes of Interaction between Jewish Authorities and the Roman Government during the Second-Third Centuries C.E. -- The Rise of the Jewish Patriarchs in the Late Third-Fourth Centuries C.E. -- Chapter 9: The Formation of the Patriarchal Administrative Apparatus in the Fourth Century