The ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad /
This is an accessible and up-to-date account of the Jews during the millennium following Alexander the Great's conquest of the East. Unusually, it acknowledges the problems involved in constructing a narrative from fragmentary yet complex evidence and is, implicitly, an exploration of how this...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Key themes in ancient history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Beginnings to 200 BCE
- 2. Maccabean revolt and Hasmonean dynasty
- 3. Herod to Florus
- 4. The Jewish revolts, 66-135 CE
- 5. Jews in the high Roman Empire
- 6. Jews under Christian rule
- 7. Jews in the ancient world.