Jewish Communities in Asia Minor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jewish Communities in Asia Minor write by Paul R. Trebilco. This book was released on 2006-11-02. Jewish Communities in Asia Minor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book provides an invaluable and coherent description of the life of Jewish communities in Asia Minor.
Diaspora
Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Diaspora write by Erich S. Gruen. This book was released on 2009-07. Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What was life like for Jews settled throughout the Mediterranean world of Classical antiquity--and what place did Jewish communities have in the diverse civilization dominated by Greeks and Romans? In a probing account of the Jewish diaspora in the four centuries from Alexander the Great's conquest of the Near East to the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 C.E., Erich Gruen reaches often surprising conclusions. By the first century of our era, Jews living abroad far outnumbered those living in Palestine and had done so for generations. Substantial Jewish communities were found throughout the Greek mainland and Aegean islands, Asia Minor, the Tigris-Euphrates valley, Egypt, and Italy. Focusing especially on Alexandria, Greek cities in Asia Minor, and Rome, Gruen explores the lives of these Jews: the obstacles they encountered, the institutions they established, and their strategies for adjustment. He also delves into Jewish writing in this period, teasing out how Jews in the diaspora saw themselves. There emerges a picture of a Jewish minority that was at home in Greco-Roman cities: subject to only sporadic harassment; its intellectuals immersed in Greco-Roman culture while refashioning it for their own purposes; exhibiting little sign of insecurity in an alien society; and demonstrating both a respect for the Holy Land and a commitment to the local community and Gentile government. Gruen's innovative analysis of the historical and literary record alters our understanding of the way this vibrant minority culture engaged with the dominant Classical civilization.
Religious Networks in the Roman Empire
Religious Networks in the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Networks in the Roman Empire write by Anna Collar. This book was released on 2013-12-12. Religious Networks in the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.
Sephardi Jewry
Sephardi Jewry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sephardi Jewry write by Esther Benbassa. This book was released on 2000-04-13. Sephardi Jewry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Modified and updated version of a book that first appeared in Paris in 1993 under the title Juifs des Balkans ... (Editions La Decouverte)"--Acknowledgments, p. [xi].
The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol
The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol write by Rachel Hachlili. This book was released on 2018-07-03. The Menorah: Evolving into the Most Important Jewish Symbol available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Menorah, the ancient seven-armed candelabrum, was the most important Jewish symbol both in the Land of Israel and the Diaspora. The menorah was the most important of the Temple vessels and it also came to symbolize Judaism, when it was necessary to distinguish synagogues and Jewish tombs from Christian or pagan structures. This book is a continuation of Hachlili's earlier comprehensive study, The Menorah, the Ancient Seven-armed Candelabrum: Origin, Form and Significance. Brill, 2001. It entails the compilation and study of the material of the past two decades, presenting the theme of the menorah, focusing on its development, form, meaning, significance, and symbolism in antiquity.
