The Jews in Their Land in the Talmudic Age - 70 - 640 C.E.

Alon, Gedalia; Levi, Gershon - Editor and Translator

ISBN 10: 0674474953 / ISBN 13: 9780674474956

Edité par Harvard University Press - A Commonwealth Funnd Book, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1989

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810 Pages. An As New book with very minor cover shelf wear. Interior text pages are flawless and book was probably never opened. This is a masterly narrative of the land of Israel from 70 to 640 C. E. by an eminent Israeli historian. It is a comprehensive record of Jewish life under Roman rule: economic conditions and social welfare; Jewish law and courts; political repression and resistance; religious controversies; the Diaspora and relations between the national center in Palestine and the communities abroad. Alon describes the rebuilding of national life after the defeat in 70; the emergence of the Sages as community leaders; the extent of autonomy under the Roman Empire; the towns and cities of Jewish Palestine; armed uprisings and the Bar Kokhba Revolt; the decades of decline and large-scale emigration; the traditions of learning that produced the Mishnah and Talmud. It is a rich, vividly told story. This paperback reproduces in one volume the two-volume translation of Alons classic work published in Jerusalem in 1980 and 1984. Gedaliah Alon was a most original, distinguished historian. His erudition in rabbinic sources as well as classical literature, supported by absolute clarity of thought, intuition, and imaginativeness, enabled him to produce historical writing of the highest order. Contents in Four Parts: Profile, Rebuilding the Nation, Resistance Renewed, and Decline.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Jews in Their Land in the Talmudic Age - 70 - 640 C.E.
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press - A Commonwealth Funnd Book, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674474953
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674474956
• Reliure: Trade Paperback
• Édition: Third Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good

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This is a masterly narrative of the land of Israel from 70 to 640 CE by an eminent Israeli historian. It is a comprehensive record of Jewish life under Roman rule: economic conditions and social welfare; Jewish law and courts; political repression and resistance; religious controversies; the Diaspora and relations between the national center in Palestine and the communities abroad. Gedaliah Alon describes the rebuilding of national life after the defeat in 70; the emergence of the Sages as community leaders; the extent of autonomy under the Roman Empire; the towns and cities of Jewish Palestine; armed uprisings and the Bar Kokhba Revolt; the decades of decline and large-scale emigration; the traditions of learning that produced the Mishnah and Talmud. It is a rich, vividly told story.

This paperback reproduces in one volume the two-volume translation of Alon's classic work published in Jerusalem in 1980 and 1984.