The Israelites

An Introduction
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-18095-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: Peoples of the Ancient World

Antony Kamm presents an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from earliest times up to AD 135.

Charting the history of the Israelites, Kamm discusses their origins, land, society, culture and religion, as well as their relationship to the Roman world and their legacy. An appendix provides:

* a chronology
* the Hebrew alphabet
* weights, measures and coins
* the Jewish calendar
* a guide to further reading for easy reference.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kamm, Antony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The origins of the Israelites 2 The land of the Israelites 3 Kings and prophecies 4 The two monarchies 5 The Israelites: society, culture, religion 6 The Judaeans: Babylonian exile 586–538 BCE, and the Persian years 538–332 BCE 7 Judaea: Hellenistic and Hasmonaean years 332–63 BCE 8 The Jews and the Roman world 63 BCE–135 CE 9 Legacies of the Israelites

Über Autor(innen)

Antony Kamm read Classics and English at the University of Oxford. He is a former lecturer in publishing studies at the University of Stirling. He is the author of The Romans: An Introduction, Second edition (Routledge 1999).