The commerce of the sacred : mediation of the divine among Jews in the Greco-Roman world

Publication Data

• Title The commerce of the sacred : mediation of the divine among Jews in the Greco-Roman world
• Author Jack N. Lightstone
• Contributor Herbert W. Basser
• Publisher Columbia University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Magicians and divine men
The dead and their tombs
The life of Torah in the diaspora
The synagogue
The synagogue and the church : remarks on the sociology of Jewish-Christian interaction
Christians, Jews in the Greco-Roman diaspora, and rabbis
Conclusions : the commerce of the sacred and the social : anthropology of knowledge.

Topics

• Mediation between God and man :: Judaism
• Judaism :: History :: Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
• Judaism :: Relations :: Christianity
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The commerce of the sacred : mediation of the divine among Jews in the Greco-Roman world by Jack N. Lightstone. ISBN 0231502761. Published by Columbia University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.