First Century Judaism in Crisis

by Jacob Neusner

Book Overview

No generation in the history of Jewry has been so roundly, universally condemned by posterity as that of Yohanan ben Zakkai. A crisis was taking place in Palestine - a conflict between the Romans' need for expanding their empire, trade, and strategic locale, and the Jews' need for continuing to serve God with their laws and their holy land. Beginning with the destruction by the Romans of the second temple in A.D. 70, we have a continuing picture of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597525391
• ISBN13: 9781597525398
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"