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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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Materials /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter One. Toward A Cultural History Of Jewish Populations In Roman North Africa /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter Two. Locating Jews In A North African World /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter Three. Naming Like The Neighbors: Jewish Onomastic Practices In Roman North Africa /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter Four. Inscribing The Dead To Describe The Living: Reading Jewish Identity Through Funerary Language /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter Five. Questioning \'Jewishnesss\' In The North African Synagogue: Hammam Lif As A Case Study /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Chapter Six. North African Jewish Responses To Death: Choosing Appropriate Gods, Neighbors, And Houses In The Afterlife /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Conclusion /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Bibliography /  |r K.B. Stern --   |t Index /  |r K.B. Stern. 
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