TY - GEN T1 - Jew and Gentile in the ancient world : attitudes and interactions from Alexander to Justinian A1 - Feldman, Louis H. LA - English PP - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press YR - 1993 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm51542396 AB - Relations between Jews and non-Jews in the Hellenistic-Roman period were marked by suspicion and hate, maintain most studies of that topic. But if such conjectures are true, asks Louis Feldman, how did Jews succeed in winning so many adherents, whether full-fledged proselytes or "sympathizers" who adopted one or more Jewish practices? Systematically evaluating attitudes toward Jews from the time of Alexander the Great to the fifth century A.D., Feldman finds that Judaism elicited strongly positive and not merely unfavorable responses from the non-Jewish population. Jews were a vigorous presen OP - 679 CN - BM534 .F45 1993eb SN - 1400811562 SN - 9781400811564 SN - 1282751638 SN - 9781282751637 SN - 9786612751639 SN - 6612751630 SN - 1400820804 SN - 9781400820801 SN - 069102927X SN - 069107416X KW - Judaism : Relations. KW - Jews : Public opinion : History. KW - Jews : History : 586 B.C.-70 A.D. KW - Jews : History : 70-638. KW - Antisemitism : History. KW - Judaism : Controversial literature : History and criticism. KW - Proselytes and proselyting, Jewish : History. KW - Philosemitism : History. KW - Judaïsme : Relations. KW - Juifs : Opinion publique : Histoire. KW - Juifs : Histoire : 586 av. J.-C.-70. KW - Juifs : Histoire : 70-638. KW - Antisémitisme : Histoire. KW - Judaïsme : Ouvrages de controverse : Histoire et critique. KW - Philosémitisme : Histoire. KW - RELIGION : Judaism : Theology. KW - Antisemitism KW - Interfaith relations KW - Jews KW - Jews : Public opinion KW - Judaism KW - Judaism : Controversial literature KW - Philosemitism KW - 586 B.C.-638 A.D. KW - Judaism : History KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -