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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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Revenge, Compensation, and Forgiveness in the Ancient World : A Comparative Study of Interpersonal Infringement and Moral Repair
- 2024
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Handling moral infringement is complicated and this was as true in antiquity as it is today. Should one retaliate, demand compensation, be merciful, ignore the infringement, or forgive? Thomas Kazen and Rikard Roitto compare how Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians in antiquity navigated different ideas, practices, and rituals for moral repair. How did they think about morality and did this affect ideas about moral repair? What practices of moral repair did they use, within and beyond the court? In what different ways did they involve the gods in interpersonal conflicts through ritual? Insights from contemporary research on human behaviour guide the comparative work, since, as the authors argue, human moral behaviour and cognition is the result of both innate and cultural factors.
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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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Response to Stephen Finlan
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Ingår i: Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok. - 1100-2298. ; 78, s. 87-92
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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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Moral Infringement and Repair in Antiquity : Supplement 1: Emotions and Hierarchies
- 2022
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Moral Infringement and Repair in Antiquity, is a series of publications related to a project on Dynamics of Moral Repair in Antiquity, run by Thomas Kazen and Rikard Roitto between 2017 and 2021, and funded by the Swedish Research Council, grant nr. 2016-02319. The volumes contain stand-alone articles and serve as supplements to the main outcome of the project, the volume Interpersonal Infringement and Moral Repair: Revenge, Compensation and Forgiveness in the Ancient World, forthcoming on Mohr Siebeck in 2023.Supplement 1: Emotions and Hierarchies, contains four articles and chapters by Thomas Kazen. Three of them are republished in accordance with the publishers' general conditions for author reuse. The fourth has not been published before. 1. Emotional Ethics in Biblical Texts: Cultural Construction and Biological Bases of Morality 2. Viewing Oneself through Others' Eyes: Shame between Biology and Culture in Biblical Texts 3. Law and Emotion in Moral Repair: Circumscribing Infringement4. Retribution and Repair in Voluntary Associations: Comparing Rule Texts from Qumran, Collegia, and Christ Groups
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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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A Perhaps Less Halakic Jesus and Purity : On Prophetic Criticism, Halakic Innovation, and Rabbinic Anachronism
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Ingår i: Journal For The Study of the Historical Jesus. - : Brill. - 1476-8690 .- 1745-5197. ; 14:2, s. 120-136
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purity practices during the first century ce were widespread in Judaea and Galilee as part of everyday life and not limited to concerns relating to the temple cult. Developments in key water rites were partly triggered by concepts of graded impurity, to which an understanding of defilement via food also belonged. Certain rabbinic characteristics represent later developments and cannot be assumed for the time of Jesus. Hand impurity did not originate as a rabbinic decree to protect tĕrûmâ, and accusations against Pharisees for setting aside Scripture in favour of their own traditions did not originate with the historical Jesus, but suggest later polemics. Jesus’ stance on purity is perhaps better characterized as prophetic than halakic.
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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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Concern, custom and common sense : discharge, hand washing and graded purification
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal For The Study of the Historical Jesus. - : Brill. - 1476-8690 .- 1745-5197. ; 13:2-3, s. 150-187
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This essay interacts with E.P. Sanders’s work on purity, building on some of his insights, while disagreeing on other points. Sanders’s appeal to historical imagination and common sense is discussed and problematized. The essay deals at length with issues such as the expulsion, isolation, and integration of various impurity bearers, and the emergence of additional water rites to mitigate impurities and prevent unnecessary contamination. The evidence under discussion includes Hebrew Bible, Dead Sea texts, Philo, Josephus, New Testament, and rabbinic literature.
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- Kazen, Thomas, Professor, 1960-
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Emotional Ethics in Biblical Texts : Cultural Construction and Biological Bases of Morality
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Ingår i: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel. - : Mohr Siebeck. - 2192-2276 .- 2192-2284. ; 6:4, s. 431-456
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the evolution of human beings as a successful social species, emotions have played a crucial role. This article focuses on the role of empathy for moral discernment, and especially on its role for an expanding altruism. Although a cultural construct, morality rests on emotional underpinnings which have ensured the survival of humankind. Some of these mechanisms are illustrated by a discussion of select biblical and Second Temple period Jewish texts, including texts from the Covenant Code, Deuteronomy, the Holiness Code, Proverbs, Genesis, and ben Sira. Special attention is given to definitions of altruism, the role of kin, and potentials for expanding empathy beyond assumed limits.
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