An indispensable reference compendium on the day-to-day lives of Jews in the land of Israel in Roman times. Written by a distinguished team of scholars, the Handbook covers all the major themes, from clothing and domestic architecture to food and meals, labour and trade, and leisure time activities, in a comprehensive yet easily accessible way. INDICE: I. Methodological Issues; 1: Catherine Hezser: Correlating Literary, Epigraphic, and Archaeological Sources; 2: Catherine Hezser: The Graeco-Roman Context of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine; 3: Tal Ilan: Gender Issues and Daily Life; II. Life in a Roman Province; 4: Rudolf Haensch: The RomanProvincial Administration; 5: Jill Harries: Courts and the Judicial System; 6: David Goodblatt: Population Structure and Jewish Identity; 7: Willem Smelik:The Languages of Roman Palestine; III. City and Countryside; 8: Benjamin Isaac: Infrastructure; 9: Dianne van de Zande and Jürgen Zangenberg: Urbanization;10: Ann Killebrew: Village and Countryside; 11: Catherine Hezser: Travel and Mobility; IV. Labour and Trade; 12: Alexei Sivertsev: The Household Economy; 13: Zeev Safrai: Agriculture and Farming; 14: Uzi Leibner: Arts and Crafts, Manufacture and Production; 15: Jack Pastor: Trade, Commerce, and Consumption; 16: Gildas Hamel: Poverty and Charity; V. Family Life; 17: Jonathan Schofer: TheDifferent Life-Stages: From Childhood to Old Age; 18: Michael Satlow: Marriage and Divorce; 19: Dafna Shlezinger-Katsman: Clothing; 20: Tziona Grossmark: Jewellery: The Literary Evidence; 21: Katharina Galor: Jewellery: The Archaeological Evidence; 22: David Kraemer: Food, Eating, and Meals; 23: Katharina Galor: Domestic Architecture; 24: Steven Fine: Death, Burial, and Afterlife; VI. Education and Literacy; 25: Catherine Hezser: Private and Public Education; 26:Carol Bakhos: Orality and Writing; VII. Religion and Magic; 27: Günter Stemberger: The Impact of Paganism and Christianity; 28: Lee I. Levine: The Synagogue; 29: Stefan Reif: Prayer and Liturgy; 30: Lutz Doering: Sabbath and Festivals; 31: Giuseppe Veltri: Magic and Healing; VIII. Entertainment and Leisure Time Activities; 32: Yaron Z. Eliav: Bathhouses as Places of Social and Cultural Interaction; 33: Zeev Weiss: Theatres, Hippodromes, Amphitheatres and Performances; 34: Joshua Schwartz: Play and Games
- ISBN: 978-0-19-921643-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 712
- Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2010
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- Idioma: Inglés