Aphrodite and the rabbis : how the Jews adapted Roman culture to create Judaism as we know it

Aphrodite and the rabbis : how the Jews adapted Roman culture to create Judaism as we know it

"Hard to believe but true: - The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet - The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers - Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas - Hellenistic rhetoric professors educated sons of well-to-do Jews - Zeus-Helios is depicted in synagogue...

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Main Author: Visotzky, Burton L.
Format: Book
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
10-425
Judaism > Relations > Roman religion.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
Judaism > Relations > Greek religion.
Jews > Civilization > Greek influences.
Jews > Civilization > Roman influences.
Civilization, Classical > Influence.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Relations.
Judaism > Talmudic period.
Jews.
Jews > Civilization.
Civilization, Classical.
Rabbinical literature.
Judaism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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