As a Driven Leaf
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0874411033
ISBN 13
9780874411034
Category
FICTION
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Publication Year
1996
Publisher
Pages
480
Subject
Elisha ben Avuyah, approximately 70-approximately 135 -- Fiction.; Heretics, Jewish -- Fiction. Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D -- Fiction.;
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Abstract
The story of Elisha ben Abuyah, a heretic and apostate briefly mentioned in the Talmud is brought vividly to life here against the backdrop of Roman rule in Palestine, and the philosophical conflict which raged within the Jewish community against the secular lure of Hellenism.
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