TY - BOOK AU - Schwartz,Seth TI - Were the Jews a Mediterranean society?: reciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism SN - 9781400830985 AV - DS112 .S39 2010eb U1 - 933 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Bible KW - Ecclesiasticus KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Talmud Yerushalmi KW - fast KW - Jews KW - Social life and customs KW - To 70 A.D KW - Identity KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - 168 B.C.-135 A.D KW - Judaism KW - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D KW - Reciprocity (Psychology) KW - Religious aspects KW - Social interaction KW - Palestine KW - Politics and government KW - Juifs KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - Jusqu'à 70 KW - Histoire KW - 168 av. J.-C.-135 KW - Judaïsme KW - 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique) KW - Réciprocité (Psychologie) KW - Aspect religieux KW - HISTORY KW - Ancient KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Jewish KW - Intellectual life KW - Post-exilic period (Judaism) KW - Ethnische Identität KW - gnd KW - Integralismus KW - Juden KW - Reziprozität KW - Soziologie KW - Segregation KW - Soziale Integration KW - Identität KW - Integration KW - Mediterranean Region KW - Middle East KW - Mittelmeerraum KW - Römisches Reich KW - swd N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=286700 ER -