Aphrodite and the rabbis : how the Jews adapted Roman culture to create Judaism as we know it /

Aphrodite and the rabbis : how the Jews adapted Roman culture to create Judaism as we know it /

"Hard to believe but true: - The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet - The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers - Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas - Hellenistic rhetoric professors educated sons of well-to-do Jews - Zeus-Helios is depicted in synagogue...

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Main Authors: Visotzky, Burton L, Visotzky, Burton L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
10-425
Talmudic period, 10-425
Civilization, Classical > Influence
Jews > Civilization > Greek influences
Jews > Civilization > Roman influences
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425
Judaism > Relations > Greek religion
Judaism > Relations > Roman religion
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism
ART > History > Ancient & Classical
Civilization, Classical
Greeks > Religion
History
Interfaith relations
Jews > Civilization
Judaism
Judaism > Talmudic period
RELIGION > Judaism > History
Rabbinical literature
Relations
Criticism, interpretation, etc

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