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A wide-ranging study of how differences of practice and belief have been tolerated within Judaism, with important implications for writing the history of religions.

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A panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the presentJudaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years. This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have re...

The Roman World 44 BC -- AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period.

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Proceedings of a conference held in March 2007 at the British Academy.

This book tackles a central problem of religious history: proselytizing by Jews and pagans in the ancient world, and the origins of mission in the early Church. Martin Goodman argues that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, that in antiquity it was found only sporadically among Jews and pagans, and even Christians rarely stressed its importance in the early centuries.

This book collects studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. The sixteen contributors--some specialists in Jewish history, others in classical studies--tackle the extent to which Jews in this period differed from other peoples in the Mediterranean region, and how much Jewish evidence can be used for the history of the wider classical world.

A panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the presentJudaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years. This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have re...

Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an affordable and portable format for the books comprising the Apocrypha. Includes a general introduction to using the Commentary, in addition to an introduction to the study of the Apocrypha.

A comprehensive, illustrated reference combining a concise history of the Soviet Union with a study of its symbolism." Subjects covered include political, communist party, Aeroflot, Soviet space programs, and others. This book is designed not only for the collector of Soviet artifacts, but also the historian, showing many symbols and their relationship to Soviet history. Prices are included as an aid to collectors.

The Roman World 44 BC -- AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period.

Jews, Christians and Muslims describe elements of their origins with close reference to the narrative of Abraham, including the complex story of Abraham's relations with Hagar. This volume sketches the significance of this narrative in the three traditions.

The abstract paintings of Spanish artist Alejandra Icaza (born 1966). Icaza's abstract paintings appear like worlds hovering above canvas, in which objects and orbs of luminous color float in all directions and multiple perspectival planes meld and collide. Part retrospective and part artist's book, this book presents a first assessment of his oeuvre.

Waarom zijn wij zoals we zijn? Wat beweegt ons en wat beweegt anderen? Astrologen weten dat de onder een bepaald zonneteken geboren mens uitgesproken bij dat teken behorende trekken vertoont. Linda Goodman schreef met kennis van zaken dit bijzonder onderhoudende boek om ons een inzicht te verschaffen in ons denken, doen en laten. Haar boek is totaal anders dan andere op dit gebied. Geestig en opmerkelijk accuraat beschreven, passeren de versch...