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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Greek, Roman, Hellenist, Jew
- Like a fish out of water? : stories of Judaism in historical context
- Judaisms of the Oikoumene : who were the Jews in the Roman world?
- Esau, Edom, Rome : what did the rabbis really say about the Romans?
- Rabbis learn the three Rs : reading, writing, and Roman rhetoric
- How many languages does a Jew need to know?
- Love of wisdom and love of law : in pursuit of philosophy and justice
- History where it happened
- The handwriting on the wall (and the floor and ceiling) : Roman Jewish art
- From temple cult to Roman culture
- Greek, Roman, Hellenist. Jew
- Like a fish out of water? : stories of Judaism in historical context
- Judaisms of the Oikoumene : who were the Jews in the Roman world?
- Esau, Edom, Rome : what did the rabbis really say about the Romans?
- Rabbis learn the three Rs : reading, writing, and Roman rhetoric
- How many languages does a Jew need to know?
- Love of wisdom and love of law : in pursuit of philosophy and justice
- History where it happened
- The handwriting on the wall (and the floor and ceiling) : Roman Jewish art
- From temple cult to Roman culture