Israel and Hellas
Subtitle: Sacred Institutions With Roman Counterparts (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft) (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft)
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783110164343
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Judaism; Religion; Philosophy; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - Theology - General
First sentence: Nowhere do Hebrew and Greek texts have more realism and charm than in their vignettes of men at work: in the city, in the fields around it, tending upland flocks, cutting timber in the mountains.