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The nations that know thee not : ancient Jewish attitudes towards other religions
- Title
- The nations that know thee not : ancient Jewish attitudes towards other religions / Robert Goldenberg.
- Author
- Goldenberg, Robert.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | BS1199.G63 G65 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 214 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Bible is harshly opposed to participation by Israelites in the worship of other nations' gods. But was it legitimate and acceptable for other nations to worship their own gods? Robert Goldenberg here traces an ambivalent attitude toward foreign religions as it developed through the history of Judaism, and asks why Jewish outlooks on Gentile religions varied so much over time. Further, as Jewish acceptance of paganism increased under rabbinic leadership, did Christianity become heir to other, harsher biblical attitudes towards other religions? In answering such questions, Goldenberg sheds a fascinating light on the ways in which ancient Jews understood the religious worlds in which they lived.
- Series Statement
- Reappraisals in Jewish social and intellectual history
- Uniform Title
- Reappraisals in Jewish social and intellectual history.
- Subject
- Bible. > Theology
- Bible
- Bible > Theology
- 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Gods > Biblical teaching
- Judaism > Relations > Paganism
- Paganism > Relations > Judaism
- Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
- Interfaith relations
- Judaism
- Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
- Paganism
- Theology
- Jodendom
- Heidenen
- Oude Testament
- Godsdiensten
- Gods > Biblical teaching
- Judaism > Relations > Paganism
- Paganism > Relations > Judaism
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "This book began as a paper delivered at a 1985 conference on 'Proselytism and Civility in a Pluralistic World' sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver"--Pref.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Israel, the nations, and the gods -- Transition and experiment -- Judaism at war (I) -- Judaism at war (II) -- Judaism at peace -- The rabbinic accommodation -- Summary and concluding remarks.
- ISBN
- 0814731074
- 9780814731079
- LCCN
- 97033898
- OCLC
- ocm37712879
- 37712879
- SCSB-358626
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library