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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820469303321

Autore

Sperber Daniel

Titolo

The city in Roman Palestine / / Daniel Sperber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-756091-1

1-280-45153-X

0-19-534458-8

0-585-25475-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

307.760933

933.009732

933/.009732

Soggetti

Cities and towns, Ancient - Palestine

Jews - History - 70-638

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Palestine Civilization

Palestine Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Market: Physical Aspects; 2. Administration and Organization of the Market; 3. Market Control; 4. Pubs, Drunkards, and Licensing Laws; 5. On the Bathhouse; 6. Public Buildings; 7. Roads and Backstreets; 8. City Walls; 9. Water Supply, Sewage, and Drainage; 10. Archeology and the City; Appendix 1: Unidentified ""Public"" Buildings; Appendix 2: Urban Synagogues; Index; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using Rabbinic texts, classical sources and archaeological evidence, the author provides the reader with a background for understanding everyday life in the urban environment of the New Testament.