Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Beginnings of JewishnessCondition: NewEAN: 9780520226937ISBN: 9780520226937Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/17/2001Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 635gAuthor: Shaye J. D. CohenLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Boundaries, Varieties, UncertaintiesISBN-10: 0520226933Description: In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of nationality, of religion, or of all three. These fundamental conceptions were already in place in antiquity. The peculiar combination of ethnicity, nationality, and religion that would characterize Jewishness through the centuries first took shape in the second century B.C.E. This brilliantly argued, accessible book unravels one of the most complex issues of late antiquity by showing how these elements were understood and applied in the construction of Jewish identity - by Jews, by gentiles, and by the state. Beginning with the intriguing case of Herod the Great's Jewishness, Cohen moves on to discuss what made or did not make Jewish identity during the period, the question of conversion, the prohibition of intermarriage, matrilineal descent, and the place of the convert in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds. His superb study is unique in that it draws on a wide range of sources: Jewish literature written in Greek, classical sources, and rabbinic texts, both ancient and medieval.It also features a detailed discussion of many of the central rabbinic texts dealing with conversion to Judaism.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Hellenistic Culture and SocietyGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: History, Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Beginnings of Jewishness
Title: The Beginnings of Jewishness
EAN: 9780520226937
ISBN: 9780520226937
Release Date: 01/17/2001
Release Year: 2001
Subtitle: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties
ISBN-10: 0520226933
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Ancient History
Number of Pages: 444 Pages
Publication Name: Beginnings of Jewishness : Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2001
Subject: Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Ancient / General, Judaism / History, Judaism / General, Antiquities & Archaeology, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Item Height: 1.3 in
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, History
Author: Shaye J. D. Cohen
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
