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The Beginnings of Jewishness

Paperback • 1997 • English

The Beginnings of Jewishness

By Shaye J. D. Cohen

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About the book

In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of nationality, of religion, or of all three. These fundamental conceptions were already in place in antiquity. The peculiar combination of ethnicity, nationality, and religion that would characterize Jewishness through the centuries first took shape in the second century B.C.E. This brilliantly argued, accessible book unravels one of the most complex issues of late antiquity by showing how these el...Show more

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9780520226937

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

The Beginnings of Jewishness

Format

Paperback

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