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Sabbath and synagogue : the question of Sabbath worship in ancient Judaism / Heather A. McKay.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Brill Academic, 2001.Description: xi, 279 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0391041517 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.4/1/09015 21
LOC classification:
  • BS 1199 .S18 M35 2001
Contents:
Sabbath and new moon: the Hebrew Bible -- Sabbath as holy day of the Jews: early Jewish literature -- Sabbath as day of rest and study of the law: Philo and Josephus -- Sabbath as domestic celebration: Graeco-Roman non-Christian sources -- Sabbath in the synagogues: New Testament sources -- Sabbath as day of rest and reading the Torah: the Mishnah -- The unobtrusive Sabbath: Archaeological data, inscriptions and papyri.
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BS 1199 .S18 M35 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA002211 Available AUA002211

Originally published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 122)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-264) and indexes.

Sabbath and new moon: the Hebrew Bible --
Sabbath as holy day of the Jews: early Jewish literature --
Sabbath as day of rest and study of the law: Philo and Josephus --
Sabbath as domestic celebration: Graeco-Roman non-Christian sources --
Sabbath in the synagogues: New Testament sources --
Sabbath as day of rest and reading the Torah: the Mishnah --
The unobtrusive Sabbath: Archaeological data, inscriptions and papyri.