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Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It
Burton L. Visotzky
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| #448012 in Books | St Martin s Press | 2016-09-13 | 2016-09-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .37 x.92 x6.44l,.0 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | St Martin s Press||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.|By F. Brauer|The book of Rabbi Visotzky, Aphrodite and the Rabbis, is about the profound effect Greco-Roman culture had on the reshaping of Judaism and on the formation of Rabbinate - the Jewish clergy.
Brought on the tips of Macedonian swords, Hellenism spread like fire through the lands of defeated Persian Empire. The technological|||"Visotzky’s witty narrative takes the reader on a tour of rabbinic legends, discussion of values, art and architecture (illustrated with photographs from archaeological finds) in its attempt to claim that Judaism is a thoroughly western religion." ―Co
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- The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet - The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers - Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas - Hellenistic rhetoric professors educated sons of well-to-do Jews - Zeus-Helios is depicted in synagogue mosaics across ancient Israel - The Jewish courts were named after the Roman political institution, the Sanhedrin - In Israel there were synagogues where ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It | Burton L. Visotzky.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
