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Title The Oxford handbook of Jewish daily life in Roman Palestine / edited by Catherine Hezser
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 687 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Oxford handbooks in classics and ancient history
Contents Methodical issues -- Correlating literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources / Catherine Hezser -- The Graeco-Roman context of Jewish daily life in Roman Palestine / Catherine Hezser -- Gender issues and daily life / Tal Ilan -- Life in a Roman province -- The Roman provincial administration / Rudolf Haensch -- Courts and the judicial system / Jill Harries -- Population structure and Jewish identity / David Goodblatt -- The languages of Roman Palestine / Willem Smelik -- City and countryside. Infrastructure / Benjamin Isaac -- Urbanization / Jürgen K. Zangenberg and Dianne van de Zande -- Village and countryside / Ann E. Killerbrew -- Travel and mobility / Catherine Hezser -- Labour and trade. The household economy / Alexei Silvertsev -- Agriculture and framing / Zeev Safrai -- Arts and crafts, manufacture and production / Uzi Leibner -- Trade, commerce, and consumption / Jack Pastor -- Poverty and charity / Gildas Hamel -- Family life -- The different life-stages : from childhood to old age / Jonathan Schofer -- Marriage and divorce / Michael L. Satlow -- Clothing / Dafna Shlezinger-Katsman -- Jewellery : the literary evidence / Tziona Grossmark -- Jewellery : the archaeological evidence / Katharina Galor -- Food, eating, and meals / David Kraemer -- Domestic architecture / Katharina Galor -- Death, burial, and afterlife / Steven Fine -- Education and literacy -- Private and public education / Catherine Hezser -- Orality and writing / Carol Bakhos -- Religion and magic -- The impact of paganism and Christianity / Günter Stemberger -- The synagogue / Lee I. Levine -- Prayer and liturgy / Stefan C. Reif -- Sabbath and festivals / Lutz Doering -- Magic and healing / Giuseppe Veltri -- Entertainment and leisure-time activities -- Bathhouses as places of social and cultural interaction / Yaron Z. Eliav -- Theatres, hippodromes, amphitheatres, and performances / Zeev Weiss -- Play and games / Joshua Schwartz
Summary This is a reference compendium on the day-to-day lives of Jews in the land of Israel in Roman times. The handbook covers all the major themes, from clothing and domestic architecture to food and meals, labour and trade, and leisure time activities in a comprehensive yet easily accessible way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Jews -- Social life and customs -- To 70 A.D.
Jews -- Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D
Jews.
Jews -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
SUBJECT Palestine -- Social life and customs -- To 70 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097184
Subject Middle East -- Palestine.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Hezser, Catherine, 1960- editor.
ISBN 9780191743788
019174378X
9780199216437
0199216436
Other Titles Jewish daily life in Roman Palestine