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In his 1991 book, steve mason argued that josephus was not a pharisee but an orthodox aristocratpriest who became associated with the. Jewish culture,7 many questions remain about the role of books and reading in jewish history and about the effects of technological change on jewish culture. The term itself was first used by hellenized jews to describe their religious practice, but it is of predominantly modern usage. Their great historian josephus writes, so the jews prepared the work. David abulafia, professor of history, university of cambridge jewish year book 2005, p. Publishers of books and cdroms related to jewish studies.
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