Land, Center and Diaspora : Jewish Constructs in Late Antiquity.

The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, was one of the outstanding features of Second Temple and post-Temple Jewish life. As in modern times, ongoing Jewish dispersion raised questions that went...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gafni, Isaiah
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997.
Series:Library of Second Temple studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION: 'AT TWO SHIFTS FROM REALITY?'; 1 'A KNOCK AT THE DOOR'; 2 'DENIAL, BRUTALITY AND SHEER HUMAN CONFUSION'; 3 'PRIVILEGED DISTANCE FROM DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT'; 4 'FRENCH IS MY FILM OR TV'; 5 'DIALOGUE IS INHERENTLY CRUEL'; 6 'HEARING THEIR VOICES'; 7 'VIEWED WITH HOSTILITY AND SUSPICION' ; 8 'MY PLAYS EMIT CRITICISM'; CONCLUSION: 'LOOKING FOR CONSTRAINTS' ; THE INTERVIEWS; Sam Walters; Anthony Clark; Auriol Smith; Joe Penhall; Jude Kelly; Lindsay Posner; Tim Albery; Katie Mitchell; Edward Kemp.
  • David BradbyGerhard Willert; James Macdonald; APPENDIX: ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE; AFTERWORD; TIMELINE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.