Aphrodite and the Rabbis: How the Jews Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It

by Burton L. Visotzky

Hard to believe but true:- The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet- The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers- Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas- Hellenistic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250085764
• ISBN13: 9781250085764
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"