Were the Jews a Mediterranean society?
Subtitle: reciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism
By: Seth Schwartz.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780691140544
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Apocrypha. -- Ecclesiasticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Talmud Yerushalmi -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Jews -- Social life and customs -- To 70 A.D; Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500; Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Reciprocity (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Social interaction -- Palestine -- History -- To 1500; Jews -- Palestine -- Politics and government; Mediterranean Region -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reciprocity and solidarity; title: The problem with Mediterraneanism; title: A God of reciprocity : Torah and social relations in the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira; title: Josephus : honor, memory, benefaction; title: Roman values and the Palestinian rabbis.