Sacha Stern

Calendars in Antiquity - Empires, States, and Societies (Book)

Sacha Stern

ISBN:9780199589449

Calendars were at the heart of ancient culture and society and were far more than just technical, time-keeping devices. Calendars in Antiquity offers a comprehensive study of the calendars of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:512

USD $177.51

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Jewish Identity in Early Rabbinic Writings (Book)

Sacha Stern

ISBN:9789004100121

Jewish identity is not only a question of legal status, it is about the experience of being Jewish or of "Jewishness" in all its social and cultural dimensions. This work describes this experience as it emerges in Talmudic and Midrashic sources.;Besides the question: "who is a Jew?"...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:269

USD $439.95

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Sects and Sectarianism in Jewish History (Book)

Sacha Stern

ISBN:9789004206489

Several Jewish groups from Antiquity until today have been traditionally identified as sects or as sectarian, most famously the Qumran community and the Qaraites...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:310

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Time and Process in Ancient Judaism (Book)

Sacha Stern

ISBN:9781904113683

This illuminating study is about the absence of a concept of time in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Sacha Stern draws his evidence from the complete range of Jewish sources from this period: mainly early rabbinic literature...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:152

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Time and Process in Ancient Judaism (Book)

Sacha Stern

ISBN:9781874774952

Stern (Jewish studies, U. of London) searched all the ancient Jewish sources, looking for indications that time was linear or cyclical or both...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:152

USD $58.54

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