Inscribing devotion and death : archaeological evidence for Jewish populations of North Africa /

Reliance on essentialist or syncretistic models of cultural dynamics has limited past evaluations of ancient Jewish populations. This reexamination of evidence for Jews of North Africa offers an alternative approach. Drawing from methods developed in cultural studies and historical linguistics, this...

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Main Author: Stern, Karen B.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 161.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

Jews > Africa, North > History > To 1500.

Jewish sepulchral monuments > Africa, North.

Tombs > Africa, North.

Death > Religious aspects > Judaism.