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Author Hezser, Catherine, 1960-

Title Jewish travel in antiquity / Catherine Hezser
Published Tumlubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 529 pages)
Series Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum = Texts and studies in ancient Judaism, 0721-8753 ; 144
Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 144.
Contents pt. 1. The material basis of travel -- pt. 2. The literary representation of travel
Summary HauptbeschreibungThis book provides the first comprehensive study of Jewish travel and mobility in Hellenistic and Roman times, based on a critical analysis of Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and early Christian literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources and a social-historical evaluation of the material. Catherine Hezser shows that certain segments of ancient Jewish society were quite mobile. Mobility seems to have increased in the later Roman period, when an extensive road system facilitated travel within the province of Syria-Palestine and the neighbouring Middle Eastern regions. Second Temple
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-491) and indexes
Subject Jews -- Travel -- History -- To 1500
Jewish travelers -- History -- To 1500
Jews -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
Voyages and travels -- History -- To 1500
Travel, Medieval.
Jewish travelers
Jews -- Social life and customs
Jews -- Travel
Travel
Travel, Medieval
Voyages and travels
SUBJECT Palestine -- Description and travel
Middle East -- Description and travel
Subject Middle East
Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 3161508890
9783161508899
3161517725
9783161517723