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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Seth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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.