CULTURES OF THE JEWS, VOL 1(ISBN=9780805212006) 
Constructing their essays around specific cultural artifacts
that were created in the period and locale under study, the
contributors describe the cultural interactions among different
Jews–from rabbis and scholars to non-elite groups, including
women–as well as between Jews and the surrounding non-Jewish world.
What they conclude is that although Jews have always had their own
autonomous traditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered the
fixed product of either ancient ethnic or religious origins.
Rather, it has shifted and assumed new forms in response to the
cultural environment in which the Jews have lived.
Mediterranean Origins, the first volume in Cultures of
the Jews, describes the concept of the “People” or “Nation” of
Israel that emerges in the Hebrew Bible and the culture of the
Israelites in relation to that of neighboring Canaanite groups. It
also discusses Jewish cultures in Babylonia, in Palestine during
the Greco-Roman and Byzantine periods, and in Arabia during the
formative years of Islam.
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