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Were the Jews a Mediterranean society? : reciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism / Seth Schwartz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (x, 212 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400830985
  • 1400830982
  • 1282263730
  • 9781282263734
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Were the Jews a Mediterranean society?.DDC classification:
  • 933 22
LOC classification:
  • DS112 .S39 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • 000128785
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BC 8720
  • NH 7985
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)286700

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

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.

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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.