Palestine in late antiquity

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sivan Hagith 1949-
Published: Oxford University Press,
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.