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100 1 _aWeiss, Zeev,
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245 1 0 _aPublic spectacles in Roman and late antique Palestine /Zeev Weiss.
260 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c(c)2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 361 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRevealing antiquity ;
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505 0 0 _aThe beginning : the introduction of public spectacles and competitions into ancient Palestine --
_tShaping the city's landscape : buildings for mass entertainment in their urban context --
_tEntertaining the crowds : performances, competitions, and shows --
_tFinancing, organization, and operation --
_tAdopting a novelty : Jewish attitudes toward Roman spectacles and competitions --
_tPublic spectacles and socio-cultural behavior in late antique Palestine.
520 0 _aIntroduces readers to the panoply of public entertainment that flourished in Palestine from the first century BCE to the sixth century CE. Drawing on a trove of original archaeological and textual evidence, Zeev Weiss reconstructs an ancient world where Romans, Jews, and Christians intermixed amid a heady brew of shouts, roars, and applause to watch a variety of typically pagan spectacles.
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650 0 _aEntertainment events
_zPalestine
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPopular culture
_zPalestine
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRomans
_zPalestine.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663477&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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