TY - BOOK AU - Schwartz, Seth AU - TI - Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? SN - 9780691140544 U1 - 229.406 CY - U.S.A KW - Religion -- Judaism -- Talmud KW - Jews - 168 AC-135 KW - Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D -- Sources N2 - 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 UR - https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15208/20.jpg ER -