Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? <subTitle>Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient Judaism</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Schwartz, Seth</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Princeton University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>212tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Seth Schwartz</note> <subject> <topic>Religion -- Judaism -- Talmud</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jews - 168 AC-135</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D -- Sources</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">229.406</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S399-S50</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780691140544</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15208/20.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15208/20.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071443.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>