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This is the third edition of Shaye J. D. Cohen’s important and seminal work on the history and development of Judaism between 164 BCE to 300 CE. Cohen’s synthesis of religion, literature, and history offers deep insight into the nature of Judaism at this key period, including the relationship between Jews and Gentiles, the function of Jewish religion in the larger community, and the development...

Except for the brief interval of Maccabean success, the Jews of antiquity (after 587 BCE) never enjoyed political independence. They depended on the sufferance of their conquerors. And although they lived under a wide variety of empires, as a rule they were treated well by their rulers. They were granted religious freedom and political autonomy. Not only were they allowed to observe their ancestral religion; they also were allowed to form political bodies that
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