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Key Themes in Ancient History Ser.: Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad by Seth Schwartz (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107041279
ISBN-139781107041271
eBay Product ID (ePID)175256260
Product Key Features
Number of Pages204 Pages
Publication NameAncient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / General, Judaism / History, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Jewish
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorSeth Schwartz
SeriesKey Themes in Ancient History Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2013-045306
Reviews"This is a fine book. It gives a clear story, one that is well-founded; and it introduces readers both to the ancient sources and to modern ones, including very recent, scholarly literature." Daniel R. Schwartz, Scripta Classica Israelica, 'This is a fine book. It gives a clear story, one that is well-founded; and it introduces readers both to the ancient sources and to modern ones, including very recent, scholarly literature.' Daniel R. Schwartz, Scripta Classica Israelica
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal909.04924
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Beginnings to 200 BCE; 2. Maccabean revolt and Hasmonean dynasty; 3. Herod to Florus; 4. The Jewish revolts, 66-135 CE; 5. Jews in the high Roman Empire; 6. Jews under Christian rule; 7. Jews in the ancient world; Bibliographical essay.
SynopsisAn accessible and up-to-date narrative of the millennium of Jewish history following Alexander's conquest of the East, by one of the most exciting historians of the subject. Introduces and analyses key events, institutions, and texts, and provides an excellent synthesis for students and scholars of Jewish history and of ancient history., This is an accessible and up-to-date account of the Jews during the millennium following Alexander the Great's conquest of the East. Unusually, it acknowledges the problems involved in constructing a narrative from fragmentary yet complex evidence and is, implicitly, an exploration of how this might be accomplished. Moreover, unlike most other introductions to the subject, it concentrates primarily on the people rather than issues of theology and adopts a resolutely unsentimental approach to the subject. Professor Schwartz particularly demonstrates the importance of studying Jewish history, texts and artefacts to the broader community of ancient historians because of what they can contribute to wider themes such as Roman imperialism. The book serves as an excellent introduction for students and scholars of Jewish history and of ancient history.
LC Classification NumberDS117 .S48396 2014
