The History Of The Jews In Antiquity

Author : Peter Schäfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134371372

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The History of the Jews in Antiquity by Peter Schäfer Pdf

First Published in 1995, the main emphasis of this book is on the political history of the Jews in Palestine, where "political" is to be understood not as the mere succession of rulers and battles but as the interaction between political activity and social, economic and religious circumstances. A particular concern is the investigation of social and economic conditions in the history of Palestinian Judaism.

Author : Shlomo Simonsohn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004282360

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The Jews of Italy by Shlomo Simonsohn Pdf

The Jews of Italy: Antiquity describes the history of the Jewish presence on the peninsula during the first seven centuries, from the days of the Maccabees to Pope Gregory the Great.

Author : Rebecca Lynn Winer,Federica Francesconi
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814346327

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Jewish Women's History from Antiquity to the Present by Rebecca Lynn Winer,Federica Francesconi Pdf

A survey of Jewish women’s history from biblical times to the twenty-first century.

Author : Peter Schäfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Eretz Israel
ISBN : 3718657945

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The History of the Jews in Antiquity by Peter Schäfer Pdf

The period chosen for this study is that represented by the global domination of Hellenism, from the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great in the second half of the fourth century BCE until the seizure of the land by the Arabs in the seventh century CE. The History of the Jews in Antiquity examines the political history of the Jewish people in Palestine in terms of political activity and more particularly social, economic and religious circumstances. The Jews of antiquity are presented as both the subject and the object of history as they attempt to achieve their political and social goals in a variety of changing circumstances.

Author : John Haralson Hayes,Sara Mandell
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0664257275

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The Jewish People in Classical Antiquity by John Haralson Hayes,Sara Mandell Pdf

John Hayes and Sara Mandell provide a clear exposition of Jewish history from 333 BCE to 135 CE. This volume focuses on the Judean-Jerusalem community from a historical rather than ideological or theological perspective. With the inclusion of charts, maps, and ancient texts, the authors have constructed a fascinating account that is indispensable for the study of this crucial period.

Author : Peter Schafer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1090031390

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The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World by Peter Schafer Pdf

Author : Peter Schäfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134403172

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The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World by Peter Schäfer Pdf

Examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334 BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636.

Author : Lee I. Levine
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295803821

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Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity by Lee I. Levine Pdf

Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity. Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander’s conquest to the Byzantine era, offering a balanced view of the literary, epigraphical, and archeological evidence attesting to the process of Hellenization in Jewish life and its impact on several aspects of Judaism as we know it today. Lee Levine approaches this broad subject in three essays, each focusing on diverse issues in Jewish culture: Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period, rabbinic tradition, and the ancient synagogue. With his comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the intricate dynamics of the Jewish and Greco-Roman societies, the author demonstrates the complexities of Hellenization and its role in shaping many aspects of Jewish life—economic, social, political, cultural, and religious. He argues against oversimplification and encourages a more nuanced view, whereby the Jews of antiquity survived and prospered, despite the social and political upheavals of this era, emerging as perpetuators of their own Jewish traditions while open to change from the outside world.

Author : Michal Bar-Asher Siegal,Jonathan Ben-Dov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Jews
ISBN : 3161606949

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Social History of the Jews in Antiquity by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal,Jonathan Ben-Dov Pdf

The present volume comprises articles by renowned international scholars in academic dialogue with the work of Albert Baumgarten. They contextualize ancient Jewish texts not only for their own sake, but also as a way of shedding light on antiquity in general. They address texts taken from the fields of Greco-Roman studies, Hellenistic Judaism, Second Temple sectarianism, rabbinic literature, and various facets of early Christianity. Additionally, there are articles discussing comparative religion, sociology of knowledge, anthropology, and economic history. Together, the articles create an in-depth analysis of the social history of Jews in antiquity.

Author : Steven Fine
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004238176

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Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity (paperback) by Steven Fine Pdf

Art, History, and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity explores the complex interplay between visual culture, texts, and their interpretations, arguing for an open-ended and self-aware approach to understanding Jewish culture from the first century CE through the rise of Islam. The essays assembled here range from the “thick description” of Josephus’s portrayal of Bezalel son of Uri as a Roman architect through the inscriptions of the Dura Europos synagogue, Jewish reflections on Caligula in color, the polychromy of the Jerusalem temple, new-old approaches to the zodiac, and to the Christian destruction of ancient synagogues. Taken together, these essays suggest a humane approach to the history of the Jews in an age of deep and long-lasting transitions—both in antiquity, and in our own time. "Taken as a whole, Fine’s book exhibits the value of bridging disciplines. The historiographical segments integrated throughout this volume offer essential insights that will inform any student of Roman and late antiquity." Yael Wilfand, Hebrew University, Review of Biblical Literature, 2014.

Author : Benjamin H. Isaac,Yuval Shaḥar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Eretz Israel
ISBN : 3161516974

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Judaea-Palaestina, Babylon and Rome by Benjamin H. Isaac,Yuval Shaḥar Pdf

The present volume brings together papers by internationally renowned specialists in Jewish history in the Roman period. Most of them were read at a conference at Tel Aviv University in 2009 in honour of Aharon Oppenheimer. The volume focuses on a number of well-defined key topics in the history of the Jews both in Judea and in the diaspora: first of all the image of Jews among non-Jews and of non-Jews among Jews; questions of social and intellectual history, mostly those dealing with the transformation that took place as a result of the failed Jewish revolts against Rome and urgent issues in modern scholarship.Studies to be mentioned here are: the relationship and cultural differences between Palestinian and Babylonian Jews; the relationship between Jews and early Christians; the evolving image of first century Judaism as projected in the early Christian sources and modern scholarship; the role of the sages in this period, conversion to Judaism, and Jewish resistance and martyrdom under Roman rule.Many of the papers provide a new assessment of the relevant subjects in the light of changing views of social and religious history. Central to many of the papers is a focus on attitudes toward others and collective image: the Jews as seen by others; Jews looking at others and at internal groups. Another category of articles are chapters in social and intellectual history with a sensitive and controversial ideology in the background, some of them providing provocative re-assessments.

Author : Steven Fine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134673513

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Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue by Steven Fine Pdf

Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue explores the ways in which divergent ethnic, national and religious communities interacted with one another within the synagogue in the Greco-Roman period. It presents new perspectives regarding the development of the synagogue and its significance of this institution for understanding religion and society under the Roman Empire.

Author : Andrew S. Jacobs
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804747059

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Remains of the Jews by Andrew S. Jacobs Pdf

Remains of the Jews studies the rise of Christian Empire in late antiquity (300-550 C.E.) through the dense and complex manner in which Christian authors wrote about Jews in the charged space of the “holy land.” The book employs contemporary cultural studies, particularly postcolonial criticism, to read Christian writings about holy land Jews as colonial writings. These writings created a cultural context in which Christians viewed themselves as powerful—and in which, perhaps, Jews were able to construct a posture of resistance to this new Christian Empire. Remains of the Jews reexamines familiar types of literature—biblical interpretation, histories, sermons, letters—from a new perspective in order to understand how power and resistance shaped religious identities in the later Roman Empire.

Author : Catherine Hezser
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191515668

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Jewish Slavery in Antiquity by Catherine Hezser Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Jewish attitudes towards slavery in Hellenistic and Roman times. Against the traditional opinion that after the Babylonian Exile Jews refrained from employing slaves, Catherine Hezser shows that slavery remained a significant phenomenon of ancient Jewish everyday life and generated a discourse which resembled Graeco-Roman and early Christian views while at the same time preserving specifically Jewish nuances. Hezser examines the impact of domestic slavery on the ancient Jewish household and on family relationships. She discusses the perceived advantages of slaves over other types of labor and evaluates their role within the ancient Jewish economy. The ancient Jewish experience of slavery seems to have been so pervasive that slave images also entered theological discourse. Like their Graeco-Roman and Christian counterparts, ancient Jewish intellectuals did not advocate the abolition of slavery, but they used the biblical tradition and their own judgements to ameliorate the status quo.

Author : Eva Mroczek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190279837

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The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity by Eva Mroczek Pdf

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed a world of early Jewish writing larger than the Bible: from multiple versions of biblical texts to 'revealed' books not found in our canon. But despite this diversity, the way we read Second Temple Jewish literature remains constrained by two anachronistic categories: a theological one, 'Bible,' and a bibliographic one, 'book.' 'The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity' suggests ways of thinking about how Jews understood their own literature before these categories had emerged.