THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF JUDAISM: VOLUME 4, THE LATE ROMAN-RABBINIC PERIOD by Steven T. Katz (Editor) ( 9780521772488 )

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Title:

THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF JUDAISM: VOLUME 4, THE LATE ROMAN-RABBINIC PERIOD

Volume:

v. 4

By:

Steven T. Katz (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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0521772486

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9780521772488

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 June, 2006

Series:

The Cambridge History of Judaism

Pages:

1164

Description:

This fourth volume covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam.

Synopsis:

This fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from 70 CE to 640 CE (the rise of Islam). It deals with the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history and the history of Judaism in this crucial era during which Judaism took on its classical shape. It provides discussion and analysis of all the essential subjects pertinent to an understanding of this period, and is especially strong in its coverage of the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections. In addition, it surveys the early encounter of Judaism and Christianity from both the Jewish and Christian sides and describes the rise of Jewish mystical literature, the liturgical literature of the developing synagogue, the nature of magical practices in classical Judaism and Jewish Folklore.

Illustrations:

24 b/w illus. 14 maps

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Cambridge University Press

Prizes:

Winner of National Jewish Book Award for Jewish History 2008

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