Bibliograph

Wisdom, politics, and historiography, Tractate Avot in the context of the Graeco-Roman Near East, Amram Tropper

Type

Label

Wisdom, politics, and historiography, Tractate Avot in the context of the Graeco-Roman Near East, Amram Tropper

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wisdom, politics, and historiography

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

776942199

Responsibility statement

Amram Tropper

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

Tractate Avot in the context of the Graeco-Roman Near East

Summary

In 3rd-century Palestine, the leading member of the rabbinic movement put together a wisdom treatise entitled 'Tractate Avot'. This book is a comprehensive effort to situate Avot within the context of the Graeco-Roman Near East, relating it to socio-political, literary and intellectual streams

Target audience

specialized

Classification