Slavery transformed Africa; Europe and the Americas and hugely-enhanced the well-being of the West but the subject of slavery can be hard to understand because of its huge geographic and chronological span. This book uses a unique atlas format to present the story of slavery; explaining its historical importance and making this complex story and its geographical setting easy to understand.
#2161457 in Books T. T. Clark Publishers 2000-12-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .41 x 5.48 x 8.56l; .48 #File Name: 0567085066138 pages
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Scholarly; yet readable.By DGDELTAThis little book filled a lot of gaps in my understanding of 1st Century Judaism and gave me more context for understanding early Christianity. It will be a permanent addition to my library.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book has been revised and republished under a new title ...By Steve SchuhAfter revising the introductory and concluding chapters and updating the bibliographies; the author republished this book in 2010 under the title; ‘An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah; the Maccabees; Hillel and Jesus’. Several thorough reviews of the new edition are available there.10 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Discover the Diversity of 1st Century JudaismBy A CustomerGrabbe's introduction from multiple sources of Jewish;Gnostic and Christian origin is valuable for all people who seek to enlarge their understanding of the diversity of first century Judaism. This he does by dividing Judaism of that century into differing segments such as: Textual; Revolutionary; Eschatological and Inverted Judaism. But he reminds us that Jews of the first century could belong to several of these segments/ideaologies at the same time which shows the complexity of Judaism of the time.The only major dislike of the book that I did not agree with was that Grabbe treats on occasion the New Testament documents as legend or in error. But despite that for myself the book is valuable introduction because it gave additional information supplementing and enlarging my own understanding of first century Judaism in addition to that I study primarily from the Christian New Testament.
