Jewish Catacombs: The Jews of Rome, Funeral Rites and Customs - Couverture souple

Laurenzi, Elsa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8849225741 ISBN 13 : 9788849225747

Editeur : Gangemi, 2013

Synopsis

This slender well-written book is packed with easy-toread information about the structure of the Jewish community of Rome and the politics and history of the city where it developed and grew. Not an easy task because very little documentation has survived to the present day; Elsa Laurenzi is honest enough to inform the reader of this difficulty and avoids making easy but unfounded statements. Instead she takes the reader by the hand and illustrates the customs and culture of a society that was part of a much larger society, as different as it was tolerant, one that knew how to integrate different and contrasting forms of reality. Using a glossary inserted into the text, she uses the sources available - ancient authors, epigraphic texts, archaeological remains to provide useful and accurate explanations about a terminology not everyone may be familiar with.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gangemi
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8849225741
• ISBN 13: 9788849225747
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible