Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Review of Keddie, Class and Power in Roman Palestine

ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins (Taylor M. Weaver).
Anthony Keddie. Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

... Anthony Keddie joins this rising movement of scholars interacting with class in a serious way, and his Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins stands as a welcome addition to recent provocative publications. Keddie’s volume provides a fulsome account, touching on a wide variety of archaeological and textual materials to sketch a more detailed depiction of the socioeconomic situation. ...

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