| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book is a study of the city and urban life in Roman Palestine during the Talmudic period, 100-400 C.E. Rather than focus on a specific city, Daniel Sperber synthesizes what is known about city life in Talmudic Palestine to create a paradigmatic hypothetical Palestinian city. Drawing on numerous literary records for his information, he describes the structure and use of many physical aspects of the city, such as its markets, pubs, streets, bathhouses, roads, walls, toilets, and water supply. Rounding out the study is a chapter describing the archeological evidence, written by Sperber's colleague, Professor Joshua Schwartz. With the recent upsurge of interest in urbanization in the Greco-Roman world, The City in Roman Palestine will attract not only scholars of Judaic literature and history, but also classicists and ancient historians. |
| Contents |
The market: physical aspects -- Administration and organization of the market -- Market control -- Pubs, drunkards, and licensing laws -- On the bathhouse -- Public buildings -- Roads and backstreets -- City walls -- Water supply, sewage, and drainage -- Archeology and the city -- App. 1. Unidentified "public" buildings -- App. 2. Urban synagogues. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Palestine.
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Cities and towns, Ancient. |
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Palestine -- Civilization -- History -- To 1500.
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Jews -- History -- 70-638.
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Jews. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
70-638 |
| Subject |
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
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Rabbinical literature. |
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Palestine -- Antiquities.
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Palestine -- Antiquities. |
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Palestine -- Civilization -- History -- To 1500. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sperber, Daniel. City in Roman Palestine. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 019509882X (DLC) 98028559 (OCoLC)39300186 |
| ISBN |
0585254753 (electronic book) |
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9780585254753 (electronic book) |
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019509882X (cloth) |
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9780195098822 |
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