The Beginnings of Jewishness
, by Cohen, Shaye J. D.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520226937 | 0520226933
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/1997
This is a study of the notion of Jewishness from c. 200 BCE to c. 200 CE. Reasonable and well-informed people disputed whether a given person was Jewish or not; Cohen opens by discussing just such an argument, about Herod the Great.