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  • The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad

    by Seth Schwartz ...
    Series series Key Themes in 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 ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?

    Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient Judaism

    by Seth Schwartz ...
    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 ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Imperialism and Jewish Society

    200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E.

    by Seth Schwartz ...
    Series series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
    This provocative new history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity marks the first comprehensive effort to gauge the effects of imperial domination on this people. Probing more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, Seth Schwartz reaches some startling conclusions--foremost among them that the Christianization of the Roman Empire generated the most fundamental features of ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

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  • Mapping Modern Theology

    A Thematic and Historical Introduction

    Edited by Kelly M. Kapic, Bruce L. McCormack ...
    This textbook offers a fresh approach to modern theology by approaching the field thematically, covering classic topics in Christian theology over the last two hundred years. The editors, leading authorities on the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology, have assembled a respected team of international scholars to offer substantive treatment of important doctrines and key debates in ... Read more

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