LEADER 04740nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910790355903321 005 20220820004014.0 010 $a9786612263736 010 $a1-4008-3098-2 010 $a1-282-26373-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400830985 035 $a(CKB)2670000000207219 035 $a(EBL)457904 035 $a(OCoLC)437427395 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000270306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10249482 035 $a(PQKB)10422442 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000697142 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12269257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697142 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690145 035 $a(PQKB)23677463 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36665 035 $a(DE-B1597)446697 035 $a(OCoLC)979741904 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400830985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457904 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331734 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226373 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457904 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000207219 100 $a20081211d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWere the Jews a Mediterranean society?$b[electronic resource] $ereciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism /$fSeth Schwartz 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aWoodstock $cPrinceton University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14054-5 311 $a0-691-15543-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter One. Reciprocity and Solidarity --$tChapter Two. The Problem with Mediterraneanism --$tChapter three A God of Reciprocity --$tChapter Four. Josephus: Honor, Memory, Benefaction --$tChapter Five. Roman Values and the Palestinian Rabbis --$tChapter Six. Conclusion: Were the Ancient Jews a Mediterranean Society? --$tAppendix One: Ben Sira on the Social Hierarchy --$tAppendix Two: Josephus on Memory and Benefaction --$tAbbreviations --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aHow well integrated were Jews in the Mediterranean society controlled by ancient Rome? The Torah's laws seem to constitute a rejection of the reciprocity-based social dependency and emphasis on honor that were customary in the ancient Mediterranean world. But were Jews really a people apart, and outside of this broadly shared culture? Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? argues that Jewish social relations in antiquity were animated by a core tension between biblical solidarity and exchange-based social values such as patronage, vassalage, formal friendship, and debt slavery. Seth Schwartz's examinations of the Wisdom of Ben Sira, the writings of Josephus, and the Palestinian Talmud reveal that Jews were more deeply implicated in Roman and Mediterranean bonds of reciprocity and honor than is commonly assumed. Schwartz demonstrates how Ben Sira juxtaposes exhortations to biblical piety with hard-headed and seemingly contradictory advice about coping with the dangers of social relations with non-Jews; how Josephus describes Jews as essentially countercultural; yet how the Talmudic rabbis assume Jews have completely internalized Roman norms at the same time as the rabbis seek to arouse resistance to those norms, even if it is only symbolic. Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? is the first comprehensive exploration of Jewish social integration in the Roman world, one that poses challenging new questions about the very nature of Mediterranean culture. 606 $aJews$xHistory$y168 B.C.-135 A.D 606 $aJews$xIdentity$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJews$xSocial life and customs$yTo 70 A.D 606 $aJews$zPalestine$xPolitics and government 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D 606 $aReciprocity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 606 $aSocial interaction$zPalestine$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aMediterranean Region$xIntellectual life 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIdentity$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aJews$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aReciprocity (Psychology)$xReligious aspects$xJudaism. 615 0$aSocial interaction$xHistory 676 $a933 700 $aSchwartz$b Seth$0172864 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790355903321 996 $aWere the Jews a Mediterranean society$9105597 997 $aUNINA