Search Results - "synagogues"

Judaism and Hellenism in antiquity : conflict or confluence / by Levine, Lee I.

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Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in their Interactions / by Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Jewish Acceptance and Rejection of Hellenism -- The Syriac Bill of Sale from Dura-Europos -- Review of Goodenough -- The Central Composition of the West Wall of the Synagogue of Dura-Europos -- Tales of the Tobiads -- Uruk Prophecy -- The Date of the Book of Jubilees -- The Testament of Moses: Its Content, Its Origin, and Its Attestation in Josephus -- Apocryphal Book of Baruch -- Review of Doran's Temple Propaganda -- How the Authors in I and II Maccabees Treated the "Messianic" Promises.…”
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Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in their Interactions / by Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Jewish Acceptance and Rejection of Hellenism -- The Syriac Bill of Sale from Dura-Europos -- Review of Goodenough -- The Central Composition of the West Wall of the Synagogue of Dura-Europos -- Tales of the Tobiads -- Uruk Prophecy -- The Date of the Book of Jubilees -- The Testament of Moses: Its Content, Its Origin, and Its Attestation in Josephus -- Apocryphal Book of Baruch -- Review of Doran's Temple Propaganda -- How the Authors in I and II Maccabees Treated the "Messianic" Promises.…”
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Dynamics of identity in the world of the early Christians associations, Judeans, and cultural minorities / by Harland, Philip A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- pt. 1: Judean and Christian identities in the context of associations -- Associations and group identity among Judeans and Christians -- Local cultural life and Christian identity : "Christ-bearers" and "fellow-initiates" -- pt. 2: Familial dimensions of group identity -- "Brothers" in associations and congregations -- "Mothers" and "fathers" in associations and synagogues -- pt. 3: Identity and acculturation among Judeans and other ethnic associations -- Other diasporas : immigrants, ethnic identities, and acculturation -- Interaction and integration : Judean families and guilds at Hierapolis -- pt. 4: Group interactions and rivalries -- Group rivalries and multiple identities : associations at Sardis and Smyrna -- Perceptions of cultural minorities : anti-associations and their banquets.…”
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