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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice
According to Raul Gonzalez Salinero, the plurality of religious
expressions within Judaism prior to the predominance of the
rabbinical current disproves the assumption according to which some
Jewish customs and precepts (especially the Sabbath) prevented Jews
from joining the Roman army without renouncing their ancestral
culture. The military exemption occasionally granted to the Jews by
the Roman authorities was compatible with their voluntary
enlistment (as it was in the Hellenistic armies) in order to obtain
Roman citizenship. As the sources attest, Judaism did not pose any
insurmountable obstacle to integration of the Jews into the Roman
world. They achieved a noteworthy presence in the Roman army by the
fourth century CE, at which time the Church's influence over
imperial power led to their exclusion from the militia armata.
This is a book about life in all its aspects, which mirrors the
journey of every man and connects with that which is eternal,
unchanging. In this book the author has sought far and wide among
the great religions and philosophies, and has drawn on the work of
inspired poets and writers, to find answers to some of the
questions about life. Out of the seeming diversity, a timely
message of hope and encouragement emerges, reminding all of the
brotherhood of man and the underlying unity of all things. A
special feature of this book is that every page is handwritten in
calligraphy by Dorothy Boux who has also illustrated it with subtle
watercolours.
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