Schwartz,  Seth <br/><br/>
Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?  Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient Judaism 
Seth Schwartz 
 - U.S.A  Princeton University Press  2010 
 - 212tr.  Hardcover, Illustration  24 cm 
<br/><br/> How well integrated were Jews in the Mediterranean society controlled by ancient Rome? The Torah's laws seem to constitute a rejection of the reciprocity-based social dependency and emphasis on honor that were customary in the ancient Mediterranean world. But were Jews really a people apart, and outside of this broadly shared culture? Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? argues that Jewish social relations in antiquity were animated by a core tension between biblical solidarity and exchange-based social values such as patronage, vassalage, formal friendship, and debt slavery. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691140544 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion -- Judaism -- Talmud<br/>Jews - 168 AC-135<br/>Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D -- Sources
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>229.406  / S399-S50