Schwartz, Seth. <br/><br/>
Were the Jews a Mediterranean society? :  reciprocity and solidarity in ancient Judaism / 
Seth Schwartz. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  ©2010. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index. 
<br/><br/>Reciprocity and solidarity -- The problem with Mediterraneanism -- A God of reciprocity : Torah and social relations in the Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sira -- Josephus : honor, memory, benefaction -- Roman values and the Palestinian rabbis. 
<br/><br/> How well integrated were Jews in the Mediterranean society controlled by ancient Rome? The Torah's laws seem to constitute a rejection of the reciprocity-based social dependency and emphasis on honor that were customary in the ancient Mediterranean world. But were Jews really a people apart, and outside of this broadly shared culture? Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? argues that Jewish social relations in antiquity were animated by a core tension between biblical solidarity and exchange-based social values such as patronage, vassalage, formal friendship, and debt slavery. Seth Schwartz's. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400830985 1400830982 1282263730 9781282263734 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/cttv6zd  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Ecclesiasticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Talmud Yerushalmi--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Ecclesiasticus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Talmud Yerushalmi--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Ecclesiasticus.<br/>Talmud Yerushalmi
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 1500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.<br/>Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.<br/>Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.<br/>Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.<br/>Reciprocity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Judaism.<br/>Social interaction--History--Palestine--To 1500.<br/>Jews--Politics and government.--Palestine<br/>HISTORY--Ancient--General.<br/>HISTORY--Jewish.<br/>Intellectual life<br/>Jews<br/>Jews--Identity<br/>Jews--Politics and government<br/>Jews--Social life and customs<br/>Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism)<br/>Social interaction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mediterranean Region--Intellectual life.<br/>Mediterranean Region<br/>Middle East--Palestine
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS112  / .S39 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>933