Jewish slavery in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Hezser

• Autore: Hezser Catherine <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (452 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/62
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - History; Slavery - Social aspects - Greece; Slavery - Social aspects - Rome; Slavery - Social aspects - Palestine; Slavery and Judaism; Slaves - Legal status, laws, etc; Civilization, Greco-Roman; Jews - Civilization - To 70 A.D
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-408) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Pt. I. The status of slaves -- Pt. II. Slaves and the family -- Pt. III. Slaves and the economy -- Pt. IV. The symbolic significance of slavery.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the traditional opinion that after the Babylonian Exile Jews refrained from employing slaves, Catherine Hezser shows that slavery remained a significant phenomenon of ancient Jewish everyday life and generated a discourse which resembled Graeco-Roman and early Christian views while at the same time preserving specifically Jewish nuances. - ;This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the tradition
• Titolo autorizzato: Jewish slavery in antiquity
• ISBN: 9786610758241; 1-280-75824-4; 0-19-151566-3; 1-4294-2196-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451349203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II