Pseudo Hecataeus, on the Jews: Legitimizing the Jewish Diaspora Volume 21

by Bezalel Bar-Kochva

Book Overview

Debate over the authenticity of "On the Jews" has persisted for nearly 1,900 years. Bezalel Bar-Kochva attempts to overcome this stalemate in his finely detailed and convincingly argued study that proves the forgery of the book and suggests not only a source for the text, but also a social, political, and cultural setting that explains its conception.

Bar-Kochva argues that the author of this treatise belonged to the moderate conservative Jews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268849
• ISBN13: 9780520268845
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"