| Judeans and Jews: Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History Contributor(s): Schwartz, Daniel R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442648392 ISBN-13: 9781442648395 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 2015370579 |
| Series: The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Jewish Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.92 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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). Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews not only sharpens our understanding of this important era but also sheds important light on the revolution in Jewish identity caused by the creation of the modern state of Israel. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schwartz, Daniel R.: - 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. |