Rabbis as Romans

Rabbis as Romans

Author: Hayim Lapin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0195179307

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Conventionally, the history of the rabbinic movement has been told as an intra-Jewish development. Lapin reconfigures that history, drawing attention to the extent to which rabbis participated in and were the product of a Roman and late-antique political economy.