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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784078803321

Autore

Schafer Peter <1943, >

Titolo

The history of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world / / Peter Schafer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40316-X

0-203-35177-0

1-134-40317-8

1-280-32338-8

9786610323388

0-203-32198-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

933.03

Soggetti

Jews - Palestine - History

Judaism - Palestine - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Judaism - Palestine - History - Talmudic period, 10-425

Palestine History To 70 A.D

Palestine History 70-638

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition (German language) published 1983 by Stuttgart Katholisches Bibelwerk.

Revised English language edition published 1995 by Harwood Academic Publishers GmbH.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Preface to English Edition; Preface to the Reprint of the English Paperback Edition; List of Abbreviations; Alexander the Great and the Diadochi; Palestine Under Ptolemaic Rule (301  200 BCE); Palestine Under Seleucid Rule (200  135/63 BCE); The Hasmonean Dynasty; Herod the Great (37  4 BCE); From Herod to the First Jewish War; The First Jewish War (66  74 CE); Between the Wars: From 74 to 132 CE; The Bar Kochba Revolt (132  135 CE); From the Bar Kochba Revolt to the Arab Conquest of Palestine; Bibliography; Index; Chronological Table

Sommario/riassunto

The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's



conquest in 334BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. Under the Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy which Hellenism brought, Judaism developed far beyond its biblical origins into a form which was to influence European history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The book focuses particularly on the social, economic and religious concerns of this period, and the political status of the Jews as both active agents and passive victim