{"product_id":"the-market-of-the-gods-dominique-desjeux-9783034350037","title":"The Market of the Gods: How religious innovations emerge. From Judaism to Christianity","description":"2,000 years ago, Judaism was becoming an attractive product in the market of Mediterranean\u003cbr\u003ereligions. Yet it was Christianity that won the day. Innovation anthropologist\u003cbr\u003eDominique Desjeux offers an unexpected solution to this oft-revisited enigma.\u003cbr\u003eIn the year 70, the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed. The Jews were in danger of\u003cbr\u003edisappearing, even though they represented nearly 8% of the empire's population. To\u003cbr\u003esurvive, the Jews had to make a strategic choice between several controversies: the\u003cbr\u003eresurrection of the dead, proselytism, the application of circumcision and dietary\u003cbr\u003eprohibitions.\u003cbr\u003eOne school of thought proposed refocusing on the purity of rules. This later gave rise\u003cbr\u003eto Rabbinical Judaism. Another Jewish current favored globalization. It proposed a\u003cbr\u003ereligious product that was easier to disseminate. It did away with circumcision and\u003cbr\u003ekashrut, included eternal life, which reassured against the uncertainties of the future, \u003cbr\u003eand baptism, which simplified the rituals of purification. This current was excluded\u003cbr\u003efrom synagogues. A few centuries later, it gave rise to Christianity. Any resemblance\u003cbr\u003eto today's innovations and crises is not accidental.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominique Desjeux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3034350031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783034350037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.36d","brand":"Dominique Desjeux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486775750911,"sku":"9783034350037","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d926be50-475f-4731-bb67-a47bb0951c10.jpg?v=1778056639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-market-of-the-gods-dominique-desjeux-9783034350037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}