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Author Cohen, Shaye J. D.

Title The beginnings of Jewishness : boundaries, varieties, uncertainties / Shaye J.D. Cohen.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 426 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Hellenistic culture and society ; 31
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Hellenistic culture and society ; 31.
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and indexes.
Contents pt. I. Who was a Jew? -- 1. Was Herod Jewish? -- 2. "Those Who Say They Are Jews and Are Not": How Do You Know a Jew in Antiquity When You See One? -- 3. Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew -- pt. II. The Boundary Crossed: Becoming a Jew -- 4. From Ethnos to Ethno-religion -- 5. Crossing the Boundary and Becoming a Jew -- 6. Ioudaizein, "to Judaize" -- 7. The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony -- pt. III. The Boundary Violated: The Union of Diverse Kinds -- 8. The Prohibition of Intermarriage -- 9. The Matrilineal Principle -- 10. Israelite Mothers, Israelite Fathers: Matrilineal Descent and the Inequality of the Convert -- Epilogue: Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness: Us and them -- App. A. Was Martial's Slave Jewish? -- App. B. Was Menophilus Jewish? -- App. C. Was Trophimus Jewish? -- App. D. Was Timothy Jewish?
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Subject Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews -- Identity -- History -- To 1500.
Jews -- Identity.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Jewish converts -- History -- To 1500.
Proselytizing -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500.
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500.
Jewish converts.
Interfaith marriage -- History -- To 1500.
Interfaith marriage.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Shaye J.D. Beginnings of Jewishness. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999 0520211413 (DLC) 98039899 (OCoLC)39727721
ISBN 9780520926271 (electronic book)
0520926277 (electronic book)
0585246432 (electronic book)
9780585246437 (electronic book)
0520211413 (alkaline paper)