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Title: Imperialism and Jewish Society: 200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E. by Seth Schwartz ISBN: 0-691-08850-0 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Schwartz redefines the field
Comment: Dr. Schwartz's book redefines the field for the study of Ancient Judaism. Any serious student of the topic has to read this book. Clearly the Israeli scholars and other adherents to the "maximalist" school will find Schawrtz upsetting. On the other hand, many other serious scholars agree with Schwartz's direction, if not conclusions. This is state of the art scholarship at its best.
This book is not for "novices" when it comes to Jewish history. It was written for an informed academic audience. It is heavily footnoted, makes ongoing references to debates within scholarly circles, and presents an impressive bibliography spanning many different disciplines.
My personal copy barely has two pages go by without my notes and underlining. I personally feel that this is one of the most important books in the field to emerge in years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Seth's Q-rating
Comment: Seth's favorite letter is Q, by the way. He especially likes words like Qedem and Qerovah where the Q doesn't have a U after it.
Rating: 2
Summary: Concrete and Dry
Comment: As a reader a few "light" histories of the era, I have a passing familiarity with the chronology, personalities, and issues of the time. None of this prepared me for the obscurity of Professor Schwartz's book. It reads like a doctoral thesis; short on description, long on concrete assertions and refutations of such. It's hard to read and hard to appreciate unless you are a REAL student of the time and are throughly familiar with the subject matter. I was so disappointed with how dense this book is that I'm stunned that it's being recommended for the casually interested history reader.
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Title: The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by Shaye J. D. Cohen ISBN: 0520226933 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 17 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Jews in the Greek Age by Elias J. Bickerman ISBN: 0674474910 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Diaspora: Jews Amidst Greeks and Romans by Erich S. Gruen ISBN: 0674007506 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: Texts and Traditions: A Source Reader for the Study of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism by Lawrence H. Schiffman ISBN: 088125455X Publisher: KTAV Publishing House Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $36.88 |
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Title: The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter ISBN: 046500427X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: July, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
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