Publication

2009 - Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield [England], England

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC392.12
  • LCCGN482.5 .K67 2009

Description

In this novel and penetrating study Koskenniemi reviews the evidence for the practice from Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources, and then, in the major part of the book, examines the rejection of the custom by Jewish authors like Philo and Josephus and by Christian writers such as Clement, Justin, Tertullian, Origen, Chrysostom and Augustine, many of whom adopted the arguments of their Jewish counterparts.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The Social world of biblical antiquity series -- 2nd ser., 4

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