Land, center and diaspora : Jewish constructs in late antiquity /
The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, was one of the outstanding features of Second Temple and post-Temple Jewish life. As in modern times, ongoing Jewish dispersion raised questions that went...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, Eng. :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1997.
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Colección: | Library of Second Temple studies.
Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 21. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Jewish dispersion in the Second Temple and Talmudic periods : punishment, blessing or universal mission?
- At home while abroad : expressions of local patriotism in the Jewish diaspora of late antiquity
- Between activism and passivity : rabbinic attitudes towards 'the land'
- Burial and reinterment in the land of Israel: the best of both worlds
- Babylonia and the land of Israel: the loyal opposition
- Conclusions.