| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Market: Physical Aspects; 2. Administration and Organization of the Market; 3. Market Control; 4. Pubs, Drunkards, and Licensing Laws; 5. On the Bathhouse; 6. Public Buildings; 7. Roads and Backstreets; 8. City Walls; 9. Water Supply, Sewage, and Drainage; 10. Archeology and the City; Appendix 1: Unidentified "Public" Buildings; Appendix 2: Urban Synagogues; Index; General Index |
| Summary |
This work uses rabbinic texts, classical sources, and archaeological evidence to describe what a typical Palestinian city looked like, and how it operated. It provides a background for understanding everyday life in the urban environment of the New Testament |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Palestine
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Jews -- History -- 70-638.
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
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Antiquities
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Cities and towns, Ancient
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Civilization
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Jews
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Rabbinical literature
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| SUBJECT |
Palestine -- Civilization
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Palestine -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097164
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| Subject |
Middle East -- Palestine
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98028559 |
| ISBN |
9780195344585 |
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0195344588 |
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0585254753 |
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9780585254753 |
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0197560911 |
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9780197560914 |
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