Palestine in late antiquity
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 429 p.: ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199284177 0199284172 |
Index Number: | K381 |
CLC: | K381 |
Call Number: | K381/S624 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-420) and index. Prologue : from Constantine to Abd al-Malik -- The periphery of dreams and deserts -- Recalcitrance, riots, and rebellion : the Samaritans and the emergence of intolerance-- Contesting the sacred : forms of ritualized violence -- Jerusalem : The contrasting eyes of beholders -- Contesting scripture and soil : liturgical dates and seasonal dieting --Flesh and blood? Women in Palestinian societies -- Urban stories : Caesarea, Sepphoris, Gaza -- Epilogue. |