Jews And Their Roman Rivals

Author : Katell Berthelot
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691264806

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Jews and Their Roman Rivals by Katell Berthelot Pdf

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah Throughout their history, Jews have lived under a succession of imperial powers, from Assyria and Babylonia to Persia and the Hellenistic kingdoms. Jews and Their Roman Rivals shows how the Roman Empire posed a unique challenge to Jewish thinkers such as Philo, Josephus, and the Palestinian rabbis, who both resisted and internalized Roman standards and imperial ideology. Katell Berthelot traces how, long before the empire became Christian, Jews came to perceive Israel and Rome as rivals competing for supremacy. Both considered their laws to be the most perfect ever written, and both believed they were a most pious people who had been entrusted with a divine mission to bring order and peace to the world. Berthelot argues that the rabbinic identification of Rome with Esau, Israel's twin brother, reflected this sense of rivalry. She discusses how this challenge transformed ancient Jewish ideas about military power and the use of force, law and jurisdiction, and membership in the people of Israel. Berthelot argues that Jewish thinkers imitated the Romans in some cases and proposed competing models in others. Shedding new light on Jewish thought in antiquity, Jews and Their Roman Rivals reveals how Jewish encounters with pagan Rome gave rise to crucial evolutions in the ways Jews conceptualized the Torah and conversion to Judaism.

Author : Frederic Raphael
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography
ISBN : 9780307378163

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A Jew Among Romans by Frederic Raphael Pdf

"An audacious history of Josephus (37-c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world"--Dust jacket flap.

Author : Williams Douglas Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Florence (Italy)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081601886

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The Story of the Jews Under Roman Rule by Williams Douglas Morrison Pdf

Author : E. Mary Smallwood
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 039104155X

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The Jews Under Roman Rule by E. Mary Smallwood Pdf

It is remarkable that Judaism could develop given the domination by Rome in Palestine over the centuries. Smallwood traces Judaism's constantly shifting political, religious, and geographical boundaries under Roman rule from Pompey to Diocletian, that is, from the first century BCE through the third century CE. From a long-standing nationalistic tradition that was a tolerated sect under a pagan ruler, Judaism becomes, over time, a threat that needs to be repressed and confined against a now-Christian empire. This work examines the galvanizing forces that shaped and defined Judaism as we have come to know it. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

Author : William Douglas Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Jews
ISBN : BML:37001103921107

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The Jews Under Roman Rule by William Douglas Morrison Pdf

Author : Marcel Simon
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909821781

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Verus Israel by Marcel Simon Pdf

Marcel Simon's classic study examines Jewish-Christian relations in the Roman Empire from the second Jewish War (132-5 CE) to the end of the Jewish Patriarchate in 425 CE. First published in French in 1948, the book overturns the then commonly held view that the Jewish and Christian communities gradually ceased to interact and that the Jews gave up proselytizing among the gentiles. On the contrary, Simon maintains that Judaism continued to make its influence felt on the world at large and to be influenced by it in turn. He analyses both the antagonisms and the attractions between the two faiths, and concludes with a discussion of the eventual disappearance of Judaism as a missionary religion. The rival community triumphed with the help of a Christian imperial authority and a doctrine well adapted to the Graeco-Roman mentality.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486146683

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The Great Roman-Jewish War by Flavius Josephus Pdf

An eyewitness account of the Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire from AD 66–70 provides an essential background for an understanding of the beginnings of both Christianity and modern Judaism.

Author : Leif E. Vaage
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780889205369

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Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity by Leif E. Vaage Pdf

Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity discusses the diverse cultural destinies of early Christianity, early Judaism, and other ancient religious groups as a question of social rivalry. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section debates the degree to which the category of rivalry adequately names the issue(s) that must be addressed when comparing and contrasting the social “success” of different religious groups in antiquity. The second is a critical assessment of the common modern category of “mission” to describe the inner dynamic of such a process; it discusses the early Christian apostle Paul, the early Jewish historian Josephus, and ancient Mithraism. The third section of the book is devoted to “the rise of Christianity,” primarily in response to the similarly titled work of the American sociologist of religion Rodney Stark. While it is not clear that any of these groups imagined its own success necessarily entailing the elimination of others, it does seem that early Christianity had certain habits, both of speech and practice, which made it particularly apt to succeed (in) the Roman Empire.

Author : Frederic Huidekoper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Jews
ISBN : HARVARD:AH62V6

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Judaism at Rome by Frederic Huidekoper Pdf

Author : Harry Joshua Leon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258426587

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The Jews of Ancient Rome by Harry Joshua Leon Pdf

Author : Simcha Gross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009280518

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Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity by Simcha Gross Pdf

From the image offered by the Babylonian Talmud, Jewish elites were deeply embedded within the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE). The Talmud is replete with stories and discussions that feature Sasanian kings, Zoroastrian magi, fire temples, imperial administrators, Sasanian laws, Persian customs, and more quotidian details of Jewish life. Yet, in the scholarly literature on the Babylonian Talmud and the Jews of Babylonia , the Sasanian Empire has served as a backdrop to a decidedly parochial Jewish story, having little if any direct impact on Babylonian Jewish life and especially the rabbis. Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity advances a radically different understanding of Babylonian Jewish history and Sasanian rule. Building upon recent scholarship, Simcha Gross portrays a more immanent model of Sasanian rule, within and against which Jews invariably positioned and defined themselves. Babylonian Jews realized their traditions, teachings, and social position within the political, social, religious, and cultural conditions generated by Sasanian rule.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399960

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XVII by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XVII "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Margaret H. Williams,Margaret Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023154656

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The Jews Among the Greeks and Romans by Margaret H. Williams,Margaret Williams Pdf

This collection of freshly translated texts is designed to introduce those interested in Graeco-Roman and Jewish culture to the realities of Jewish life outside Israel between 323 BC and the middle of the 5th century AD.

Author : Alan E. Bernstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501712487

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Hell and Its Rivals by Alan E. Bernstein Pdf

The idea of punishment after death—whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to Hell (Gehenna, Gehinnom, or Jahannam)—emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once Hell achieved doctrinal expression in the New Testament, the Talmud, and the Qur'an, thinkers began to question Hell’s eternity, and to consider possible alternatives—hell’s rivals. Some imagined outright escape, others periodic but temporary relief within the torments. One option, including Purgatory and, in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the Middle State, was to consider the punishments to be temporary and purifying. Despite these moral and theological hesitations, the idea of Hell has remained a historical and theological force until the present.In Hell and Its Rivals, Alan E. Bernstein examines an array of sources from within and beyond the three Abrahamic faiths—including theology, chronicles, legal charters, edifying tales, and narratives of near-death experiences—to analyze the origins and evolution of belief in Hell. Key social institutions, including slavery, capital punishment, and monarchy, also affected the afterlife beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Reflection on hell encouraged a stigmatization of "the other" that in turn emphasized the differences between these religions. Yet, despite these rivalries, each community proclaimed eternal punishment and answered related challenges to it in similar terms. For all that divided them, they agreed on the need for—and fact of—Hell.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780222813

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Jews In The Roman World by Michael Grant Pdf

In describing the triangular relationship among the Jews, the Romans and the Greeks, Michael Grant treats one of the most significant themes in world history. Unlike almost all the other subject nations of the Roman empire, the Jews have survived and have maintained a religious and cultural identity that is substantially unchanged. They provide a unique bridge with the ancient world and can bring us into peculiarly close and intimate contact with life in the Roman empire. This book embraces the period in which the Jewish religion assumed virtually its final form, and in which Jews launched their two heroic, but disastrous revolts against Roman rule. This was, moreover, the time when Judaism gave birth to Christianity. Within a century after the death of Jesus, his followers had become completely independent of Judaism. Michael Grant describes the grandeur of the great multiracial Roman empire, beneath whose rule these stirring and unique developments took place.