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The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties - Hellenistic Culture and Society
Shaye J. D. Cohen
The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties - Hellenistic Culture and Society
Shaye J. D. Cohen
Beginning with the intriguing case of Herod the Great's Jewishness, this title discusses what made or did not make Jewish identity during the period, the question of conversion, the prohibition of intermarriage, matrilineal descent, and the place of the convert in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.
441 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 17, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780520226937 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 458 |
Dimensions | 155 × 226 × 27 mm · 674 g |
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