Sabbath and synagogue : the question of sabbath workship in ancient Judaism /
Sabbath worship as a communal event does not feature in the Hebrew Bible. In the context of the first century CE, according to Philo and Josephus, the sabbath gatherings took place only for the purpose of studying the law, and not for the liturgical recital of psalms or prayer. Classical authors dep...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1994.
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| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
v. 122. |
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