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

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.
Judaism > Africa, North > History > To 1500.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Africa, North > Antiquities, Roman.
Africa, North > Ethnic relations.

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Call Number: DS135.A25 S74 2008eb

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Summary: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 book replaces traditional categories used to examine evidence for early Jewish populations and demonstrates how direct comparison of Jewish material evidence with that of its neighbors allows for a reassessment of what the category of "Jewish" might have meant in different North African locations and periods and, by extension, elsewhere in the Mediterranean. The result is a transformed analysis of Jewish cultural identity that both emphasizes its indebtedness to larger regional contexts and allows for a more informed and complex understanding of Jewish cultural distinctiveness.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-334) and index.
ISBN:9789047423843
ISSN:0927-7633 ;
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