| Contents |
Chapter 1: The Text -- Chapter 2: The Literary Context -- Chapter 3: A Brief Overview of Greek and Roman Banquets -- Chapter 4: The Immediate Literary Context -- Chapter 5: The Mistaken Invitation (Act I Scene 1) -- Chapter 6: The Banquet Affair (Act I Scene 2) -- Chapter 7: The Passive Bystanders (Act I Scene 3) -- Chapter 8: The Name Bar Qamtza -- Chapter 9: Bar Qamtza's Revenge (Act II Scene 1) -- Chapter 10: Rejecting the Roman Offerings (Act II Scene 2) -- Chapter 11: The Roman Response (Act II Scene 3) -- Chapter 12: The Coda -- Chapter 13: Part I's Conclusion -- Chapter 14: The Text -- Chapter 15: The Preface -- Chapter 16: The Banquet Invitation (Act I Scene 1) -- Chapter 17: The Banquet Conflict (Act I Scene 2) -- Chapter 18: Bar Qamtza's Indignation (Act I Scene 3) -- Chapter 19: The Sacrifice Slander (Act II Scene 1) -- Chapter 20: To Sacrifice or not to Sacrifice? (Act II Scene 2) -- Chapter 21: The Destruction of the Temple and the Dispersion into Exile (Act II Scene 3) -- Chapter 22: Bar Qamtza and the Stories of Tur Malka and Bethar -- Chapter 23: Part II's Conclusion -- Appendix I: From Lamentations Rabbati to the Babylonian Talmud -- Appendix II: Identifying the Best Reading of Lamentations Rabbati's Bar Qamtza Story -- Bibliography. |
| Abstract |
"The story of Bar Qamtza is one of the most famous stories in all rabbinic literature. In this tragic tale, a private feud at a Jerusalem banquet triggers a series of events which eventually culminates in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Until the Holocaust, Jews commonly viewed the razing of the Second Temple as the greatest calamity in all Jewish history, and for many Jews through the ages, the story of Bar Qamtza explained why it had happened. In time, the story also became emblematic of the internal strife and divisive infighting which have troubled Jewish communities time and again across the generations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tropper, Amram, 1973- Tragedy of errors Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, [2022] 9780878201976 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Sources. |
| LCCN | 2021060735 |
| ISBN | 9780878201969 |
| ISBN | 0878201963 |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
