Judeans and Jews: Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History
Daniel R. Schwartz
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Hardback. Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews sharpens our understanding of this important era. Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
In writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to “Jews” or to “Judeans”? What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider “Judeans” the more authentic term, and “Jews” and “Judaism” merely anachronisms.
In Judeans and Jews, Daniel R. Schwartz argues that we need both terms in order to reflect the dichotomy between the tendencies of those, whether in Judea or in the Disapora, whose identity was based on the state and the land (Judeans), and those whose identity was based on a religion and culture (Jews).
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
Series
The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442648395
SKU
V9781442648395
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About Daniel R. Schwartz
Daniel R. Schwartz is a professor in the Department of the History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry and the academic director of the Scholion Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Humanities and Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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