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Assimilation versus separation : Joseph the Administrator and the politics of religion in biblical Israel /

"How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages. They have debated whether to assimilate by adopting local customs or whether to remain a God-centered people loyal to their temporal rulers but maintaining the peculiar customs that separated them from their host...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wildavsky, Aaron B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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