The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad

Awards:   Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2015 Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2015. Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015
Author:   Seth Schwartz (Columbia University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781107041271


Pages:   204
Publication Date:   24 April 2014
Format:   Hardback
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The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad


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  • Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2015
  • Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2015.
  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015

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Author:   Seth Schwartz (Columbia University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781107041271


ISBN 10:   1107041279
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   24 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 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.

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'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


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Seth Schwartz is the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization and Professor of History and of Classics at Columbia University. He is the author of Imperialism and Jewish Society, 200 BCE to 640 CE (2001), which received the National Jewish Book Award and was a finalist for the Koret Book Award, and Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient Judaism (2010).

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