The Interpretatio Judaica of Sarapis. [From: Studies in Hellenistic religions].

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Author's name handwritten on cover, otherwise very good and clean. - From the text: The Mishnah tractate 'Abodah Zarah or Strange Worship, which deals with idolatry, lays down for Palestine Jewry of the Imperial Period a great number of prescriptions and practical rules concerning the second commandment: “You shall not make yourself a graven image...” (Exodus XX 4). Among them we have: 42-b. “If one finds utensils upon which is the figure of the sun or moon or a dragon, he casts them into the Salt Sea. Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel says: If it is on precious utensils they are prohibited, but if upon common utensils they are permitted”.

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