Judeans and Jews : Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History Hardback
by Daniel R. Schwartz
Part of the The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies series
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In writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to “Jews” or to “Judeans”?
What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider “Judeans” the more authentic term, and “Jews” and “Judaism” merely anachronisms. In Judeans and Jews, Daniel R. Schwartz argues that we need both terms in order to reflect the dichotomy between the tendencies of those, whether in Judea or in the Disapora, whose identity was based on the state and the land (Judeans), and those whose identity was based on a religion and culture (Jews). Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews not only sharpens our understanding of this important era but also sheds important light on the revolution in Jewish identity caused by the creation of the modern state of Israel.
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- Pages:192 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 6 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2014
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- ISBN:9781442648395
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 6 b&w tables
- Publisher:University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date:03/12/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781442648395
