The Jewish Patriarch (Nasi)
in Third Century Palestine
by Lee I. Levine, Jerusalem
Table of Contents
|
| I. Introduction |
649 |
| II. On the Threshold of the Third Century |
654 |
| III. The Third Century Patriarchate - General Considerations
|
659 |
| IV. The Powers and Prerogatives of the Patriarch |
663 |
1. Declaring Fast Days |
663 |
2. Declaring and Annulling Bans |
665 |
3. Appointment of judges |
665 |
4. Calendrical Authority |
669 |
5. Communal Supervision and Taxation |
671 |
6. Legislative Acts |
674 |
| V. The Patriarch and Jewish Society |
676 |
| VI. The Third Century Patriarchate in Historical Perspective
|
680 |
| Appendix: The Problem of Chronology |
685 |
| Bibliography |
688 |
