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Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography

Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography Contemporary literature

Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography

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In third-century CE Palestine, the leading member of the rabbinic movement put together a highly popular wisdom treatise entitled Tractate Avot. Though Avot has inspired hundreds of commentaries, this book marks the first comprehensive effort to situate Avot within the socio-political and intellectual context of the Graeco-Roman Near East. Probing comparable Jewish, Greek, Roman and Christian sources, Amram Tropper interprets Avot in light of the local Jewish context as well as the ambient cultural atmosphere of the contemporary Near East.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
316
Release Date:
2004-05-20
Publication Date:
2004-03-18
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019926712X
ISBN13:
9780199267125
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
579 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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