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The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious Life and Institutions (1974-1976) is a volume edited by Shemuel Safrai and Menahem Stern, in co-operation with David Flusser and Willem C. van Unnik.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Assen: Van Gorcum, <2 vols.> 1974, 1976.

Translations

• 総說・ユダヤ人の歴史 = The Jewish People in the First Century (1989-1992 Safrai, Stern / Sakine, Nagakubo, Tsuchido, Kawashima), edited volume (Japanese ed.)

Table of contents

Vol.1

• Maps / Michael Avi-Yonah
• Sources. Hebrew and Aramaic sources / Shemuel Safrai
• Greek and Latin literary sources / Menahem Stern
• New Testament / Marinus de Jonge
• Papyri / Menahem Stern
• Archaeological sources / Michael Avi-Yonah
• Chronology / Menahem Stern
• Historical geography of Palestine / Michael Avi-Yonah
• The Jewish diaspora / Menahem Stern
• Relations between the diaspora and the land of Israel / Shemuel Safrai
• The reign of Herod and the Herodian dynasty / Menahem Stern
• The province of Judaea / Menahem Stern
• Jewish self-government / Shemuel Safrai
• The legal status of the Jewish communities in the diaspora / Shimon Applebaum
• The organization of the Jewish communities in the diaspora / Shimon Applebaum
• Jewish private law / Z.W. Falk
• Hellenistic private law / H.J. Wolff.

Vol. 2.

• Aspects of Jewish society: the preisthood and other classes / Menahem Stern
• Economic life in Palestine / Shimon Applebaum
• The social and economic status of the Jews in the diaspora / Shimon Applebaum
• Home and family / Shemuel Safrai
• Religion in everyday life / Shemuel Safrai
• The calendar / M.D. Herr
• The Temple / Shemuel Safrai
• The synagogue / Shemuel Safrai
• Education and the study of the Torah / Shemuel Safrai
• Art and architecture in Palestine / G. Foerster
• Hebrew and Aramaic in the first century / Chaim Menachem Rabin
• Greek in Palestine and the diaspora / G. Mussies
• Paganism in Palestine / David Flusser
• The Jews in Greek and Latin literature / Menahem Stern

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