04023cam a2200649Mi 4500 ocn691080576 OCoLC 20200709055322.0 m d cr |n| 101205s2001 nju o 000 0 eng d MERUC eng MERUC OCLCQ IDEBK YDXCP OCLCQ N$T 747530775 816580018 9781400820801 (electronic bk.) 1400820804 (electronic bk.) 1400820804 1282751638 9781282751637 (OCoLC)691080576 (OCoLC)747530775 (OCoLC)816580018 349948 (N$T) BM534 HBLH,HRCM bicssc REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.26 N$TA Feldman, Louis H. Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World [electronic resource] : Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001. 1 online resource (691 p.) Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Contacts between Jews and Non-Jews in the Land of Israel; CHAPTER 2: The Strength of Judaism in the Diaspora; CHAPTER 3: Official Anti-Jewish Bigotry: The Responses of Governments to the Jews; CHAPTER 4: Popular Prejudice against Jews; CHAPTER 5: Prejudice against Jews among Ancient Intellectuals; CHAPTER 6: The Attractions of the Jews: Their Antiquity; CHAPTER 7: The Attractions of the Jews: The Cardinal Virtues; CHAPTER 8: The Attractions of the Jews: The Ideal Leader, Moses. CHAPTER 9: The Success of Proselytism by Jews in the Hellenistic and Early Roman PeriodsCHAPTER 10: The Success of Jews in Winning "Sympathizers"; CHAPTER 11: Proselytism by Jews in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Centuries; CHAPTER 12: Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes. Relations between Jews and non-Jews in the Hellenistic-Roman period were marked by suspicion and hate, maintain most studies of that topic. But if such conjectures are true, asks Louis Feldman, how did Jews succeed in winning so many adherents, whether full-fledged proselytes or "sympathizers" who adopted one or more Jewish practices? Systematically evaluating attitudes toward Jews from the time of Alexander the Great to the fifth century A.D., Feldman finds that Judaism elicited strongly positive and not merely unfavorable responses from the non-Jewish population. Jews were a vigoro. Description based on print version record. Religion. Jews Public opinion History. Jews History 586 B.C.-70 A.D. Jews History 70-638. Antisemitism History. Judaism Controversial literature History and criticism. Proselytes and proselyting, Jewish History. Philosemitism History. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Feldman, Louis H. Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World : Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2001 9780691029276 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=581589 Table of contents MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=275163 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=275163&ref=toc MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=275163 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349948 Table of contents http://www.myilibrary.com?id=275163&ref=toc Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 275163 YBP Library Services YANK 3000527 EBSCOhost EBSC 349948 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50116 50116