The Jew is presented to the modern world in the double aspect of a race and a religion. In a measure this has always been the case, but we shall not in the least understand what the statement of the fact means without a very close analysis of the concepts of race and religion formed by both Greeks and Romans. The word religion has a very definite meaning to us. It is the term applied to the body of beliefs that any group of men maintain about supernatural entities upon whom they consider t...

In his seminal work 'The Jews among the Greeks and Romans', Max Radin explores the intersection of ancient Jewish culture with the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. Radin delves into the history, sociology, and religious practices of the Jewish people living in the classical civilizations, providing a comprehensive analysis of their assimilation and resistance. The book is a rich tapestry of primary sources, from ancient texts to inscriptions, shedding light on the complex relationships betwee...

The Jews, as one of the Mediterranean nations, began to come into close contact with Greek civilization about the time of Alexander the Great. What has been attempted in the foregoing pages is an interpretation of certain facts of Jewish, Roman, and Greek history within a given period. The literature on the subject is enormous. A short bibliography is appended, in which various books of reference are cited. From these all who are interested in the innumerable controversies that the subject...

History of the Jewish People: 12 Pivotal Works offers a panoramic view of the Jewish experience, enriched by the confluence of diverse literary styles and scholarly perspectives. This anthology, skillfully curated, captures a tapestry of historical narratives, theological discourses, and cultural reflections. It masterfully spans epochs and geographies, presenting seminal ideas that have shaped Jewish identity and heritage. Each work within the collection stands out, whether through its pr...

Jewish History: A 12-Volume Anthology offers a comprehensive exploration of Jewish heritage through an extensive range of literary styles. This collection deftly navigates through historical narratives, exegetical texts, biographies, and cultural critiques, providing an intricate tapestry of Jewish life and lore. From the riveting historical chronicles set forth by Josephus to the intellectual rigor found in Simon Dubnow's texts, this anthology stands as a significant scholarly endeavor. S...

Includes the full texts of 1) ST PAUL THE TRAVELER AND ROMAN CITIZEN,   2) WAS CHRIST BORN AT BETHLEHEM?    3) THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA. ** Not a cheap scanned copy!  All have been fully spell-checked, edited and includes an active Table-of-Contents! Sir William M. Ramsay was the famous Scottish scholar renowned for his work on the New Testament and Asia Minor.  He travelle...

First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church’s difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State a...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. TABLE OF CONTENTS:The Life of Flavius Josephus or Autobiography of Flavius JosephusAppendix: 1. Maps o...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. TABLE OF CONTENTS:Against Apion or Flavius Josephus Against Apion (c. 97)Appendix: 1. Maps of Palestin...

“With his characteristic eloquence and lucid insights. . . Cantor offers a splendid and accessible portrait of the cultures of the ancient world.”—Publishers WeeklyBestselling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world—from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476. He covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of C...

How did Christianity compare and compete with the cults of the pagan gods in the Roman Empire? This scholarly work from award-winning historian, Robin Lane Fox, places Christians and pagans side by side in the context of civil life and contrasts their religious experiences, visions, cults and oracles. Leading up to the time of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, the book aims to enlarge and confirm the value of contemporary evidence, some of which has only recently been discovered.

In AD 70, after a war that had flared sporadically for four years, three Roman legions under the future Emperors Vespasian and his son Titus surrounded, laid siege to, and eventually devastated the city of Jerusalem, destroying completely the magnificent Temple which had been built by Herod only eighty years earlier. What brought about this extraordinary conflict, with its extraordinary consequences? This superb book, by one of the world’s leading scholars of the ancient Roman and Jewish w...