Jewish People in Classical Antiquity, Paperback

Explores the archaeological remains of housing in the Greek and Roman worlds, using written evidence and artistic representations to set them in a ...

A translation with introduction of the first ethnographic and semiotic study of gesture in daily life.

'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome' Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- unt...

DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "e...

A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheismContrary to popular belief, Judaism was not always strictly monot...

Reducere. The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces the most salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffe...

Rabbinic stories portraying heretics (minim) typically involve a conflict over biblical interpretation. Using previously untapped Christian materia...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Gregg E. GardnerNumber of pages: 302Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 159 x 27Cover type:...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 25 bw illusNumber of pages: 312Collection: IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and P...

Presenting dynamic research, this publication explores two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Publisher: Getty Trus...

The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

Jewish people are scattered all over the world, creating a vibrant culinary tradition that is as varied as the countries they live in. This volume ...

Reducere. Sydney Taylor Book AwardTake your child on a colorful adventure to share the many ways Jewish people celebrate Shabbat around the world. Shabbat Sh...

A comprehensive and innovative reconstruction of the emergence of early Muslim religion and polity in their historical, religious and ethnological ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Classical Antiquity, then keep reading...From about the 9th to 5th centuries BCE, the population...

Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

DescriptionThe last book on Judaism you will ever have to buy, this hilarious tome from three comedy legends contains the sweetness of an apricot r...

DescriptionAncient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective--the baffli...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Reducere. Winner of the Jewish Book Council Nahum M. Sarna Memorial Award in Scholarship This book explores the reception history of the most important Jewis...

Conventional histories of modern Jewish politics emphasize the agency offered by Zionism, liberalism, and socialism. Kenneth B. Moss traces a darke...

Reducere. Provides the requisite knowledge and practical guidelines for some of the most common counseling situations.Today's rabbis, in addition to being sp...

DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

Reducere. The remarkable poem written in Yiddsh by Yitzhak Katzenelson at the time of the Holocaust of the Jews in the second World War (1943), after which t...

Wide-ranging essays making up the first major study of Nietzsche and the classical tradition in a quarter of a century.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer ...

Amid growing interest in food and drink as an academic discipline in recent years, this volume is the first to provide insight into eating and drin...

An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Becoming the People of the Talmud, Talya Fishman examines ways in which circumstances of transmission have shaped the cultural meanin...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

In Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People, Ben M. Freeman, inspired by his experiences with LGBTQ+ pride, aims to educate, inspire and empower Jewish pe...