UID:
edocfu_9959237627702883
Format:
1 online resource (262 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-66398-6
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9780585464812
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1-280-20200-9
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1-134-66399-4
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0-585-46481-2
Content:
A comprehensive study of Jews in the classical world. Articles examine Jerusalem and other Jewish communities on the Mediterranean, as found in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: studying the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity; The Hellenistic city of Jerusalem; Synagogue and community in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora; The Jews in the Hellenistic cities of Acts; Synagogue communities in the Graeco-Roman cities; Population and proselytism: how many Jews were there in the ancient world?; Jewish calendar reckoning in the Graeco-Roman cities; The Essenes in Greek sources: some reflections; Apologetics in the Jewish Diaspora
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Philo, Alexandria and Empire: the politics of allegorical interpretationEthnic continuity in the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity; Aspects of everyday life in Roman Palestine with special reference to private domiciles and ritual baths; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18638-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-69249-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-44634-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203446348
