Seeking out the land : land of Israel traditions in ancient Jewish, Christian and Samaritan literature (200 BCE-400 CE) /
by Ze'ev Safrai.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Jewish and Christian perspectives series, volume 32 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The approach of the Ancients to the Bible -- The geography of the Land in Second Temple literature -- The description of the Land of Israel in Josephus' works -- The Land in rabbinic literature -- The evolution of the concept of the sanctity of the Land -- The Land in Early Christian literature -- The Land in Samaritan literature -- Jewish and Christian sacred sites in the Holy Land -- Concern with the Land in the Roman-Byzantine period: an overview.