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Schwartz, Seth.

Were the Jews a Mediterranean society? : reciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism / Seth Schwartz. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (x, 212 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.

Reciprocity and solidarity -- The problem with Mediterraneanism -- A God of reciprocity : Torah and social relations in the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- Josephus : honor, memory, benefaction -- Roman values and the Palestinian rabbis.

How 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.

ISBN: 9781400830985 1400830982 1282263730 9781282263734

Source: 22573/cttv6zd JSTOR

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Ecclesiasticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Talmud Yerushalmi--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Ecclesiasticus
Talmud Yerushalmi

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.
Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.
Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Reciprocity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Social interaction--History--Palestine--To 1500.
Jews--Politics and government.--Palestine
Juifs--Mœurs et coutumes--Jusqu'à 70.
Juifs--Histoire--168 av. J.-C.-135.
Judaïsme--Histoire--586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Réciprocité (Psychologie)--Aspect religieux--Judaïsme.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
HISTORY--Jewish.
Reciprocity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Judaism
Intellectual life
Jews
Jews--Identity
Jews--Politics and government
Jews--Social life and customs
Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Social interaction
Ethnische Identität
Integralismus
Juden
Reziprozität
Segregation
Soziale Integration
Identität
Integration

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mediterranean Region--Intellectual life.
Mediterranean Region
Middle East--Palestine
Mittelmeerraum
Römisches Reich
Juden.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

LC Class. No.: DS112 / .S39 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 933

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 000128785