Josephus and Judaean Politics

Josephus and Judaean Politics
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9789004450882
ISBN-13 : 9004450882
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Josephus and Judaean Politics by : Seth Schwartz

Download or read book Josephus and Judaean Politics written by Seth Schwartz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthetic treatment of Josephus and his times has two aims. The first is to establish Josephus' attitudes to the various Judaean aristocratic groups of the first century - priests, descendants of Herod, certain sectarians - and how these attitudes changed. The second aim is more speculative: to connect these changes with actual changes in Judaean politics and society in the c. 30 years of Josephus' literary activity, a critical period of transformation following the destruction of Jerusalem. The first chapter examines Josephus' life from his detection to Vespasian, and suggests that Josephus always retained an interest in current public affairs, particularly those of Judaea. Chapters 2-4 discuss the changes of attitude within the Josephan corpus and place them in the context of the evidence of the coins, inscriptions, Rabbinic literature and pagan historians. It is argued that these changes allow us to trace the decline of the pre-66 aristocracy groups after 70. Chapter 5 argues that there arose a new aristocracy in the 80s and 90s, a rise which left its mark in Josephus' later work.

Jerusalem's Traitor

Jerusalem's Traitor
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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9781458777850
ISBN-13 : 1458777855
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jerusalem's Traitor by : Desmond Seward

Download or read book Jerusalem's Traitor written by Desmond Seward and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Jews revolted against Rome in 66 CE, Josephus, a Jerusalem aristocrat, was made a general in his nation’s army. Captured by the Romans, he saved his skin by finding favor with the emperor Vespasian. He then served as an adviser to the Roman legions, running a network of spies inside Jerusalem, in the belief that the Jews’ only hope of survival lay in surrender to Rome.As a Jewish eyewitness who was given access to Vespasian’s campaign notebooks, Josephus is our only source of information for the war of extermination that ended in the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the amazing times in which he lived. He is of vital importance for anyone interested in the Middle East, Jewish history, and the early history of Christianity.

Imperialism and Jewish Society

Imperialism and Jewish Society
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9781400824854
ISBN-13 : 1400824850
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Imperialism and Jewish Society by : Seth Schwartz

Download or read book Imperialism and Jewish Society written by Seth Schwartz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative new history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity marks the first comprehensive effort to gauge the effects of imperial domination on this people. Probing more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, Seth Schwartz reaches some startling conclusions--foremost among them that the Christianization of the Roman Empire generated the most fundamental features of medieval and modern Jewish life. Schwartz begins by arguing that the distinctiveness of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and early Roman periods was the product of generally prevailing imperial tolerance. From around 70 C.E. to the mid-fourth century, with failed revolts and the alluring cultural norms of the High Roman Empire, Judaism all but disintegrated. However, late in the Roman Empire, the Christianized state played a decisive role in ''re-Judaizing'' the Jews. The state gradually excluded them from society while supporting their leaders and recognizing their local communities. It was thus in Late Antiquity that the synagogue-centered community became prevalent among the Jews, that there re-emerged a distinctively Jewish art and literature--laying the foundations for Judaism as we know it today. Through masterful scholarship set in rich detail, this book challenges traditional views rooted in romantic notions about Jewish fortitude. Integrating material relics and literature while setting the Jews in their eastern Mediterranean context, it addresses the complex and varied consequences of imperialism on this vast period of Jewish history more ambitiously than ever before. Imperialism in Jewish Society will be widely read and much debated.

Orientation to the History of Roman Judaea

Orientation to the History of Roman Judaea
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9781498294478
ISBN-13 : 1498294472
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Orientation to the History of Roman Judaea by : Steve Mason

Download or read book Orientation to the History of Roman Judaea written by Steve Mason and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No field of study is livelier than the history of Roman-era Judaea (ca. 200 BC to AD 400). Bold reinterpretations of texts and new archaeological discoveries prompt us constantly to rethink assumptions. What kind of religion was Judaism? How did Jews--and Christians--relate to Roman imperial power? Should we speak of Judaism or Judaisms? How should the finds at Qumran affect our understanding? Did Paul and other early Christians remain within Judaism? Should we translate Ioudaioi as "Jews" or "Judaeans"? These debates can leave students perplexed, this book argues, because the participants share only a topic. They are actually investigating different questions using disparate criteria. In the hope of facilitating communication and preparing advanced students, this book explores two basic but neglected problems: What does it mean to do history (if history is what we wish to do)? And how did the ancients understand and describe their world? It is not a history, then, but an orientation to the history of Roman Judaea. Rather than trying to specify which questions are good ones or what one should think about them, the book offers new perspectives to help unleash the historical imagination while reckoning squarely with the nature of our evidence.

In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy

In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9789004525627
ISBN-13 : 9004525629
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Book Synopsis In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy by : Samuele Rocca

Download or read book In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy written by Samuele Rocca and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a refreshing and comprehensive study of the history of the Jews living in Rome and in Roman Italy, focusing on a diachronic study of Jewish society and its interaction with its immediate social and cultural surroundings.

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible

Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 854
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ISBN-10 : 9780520208537
ISBN-13 : 0520208536
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Book Synopsis Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible by : Louis H. Feldman

Download or read book Josephus's Interpretation of the Bible written by Louis H. Feldman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Louis Feldman has delivered a hurricane. . . . This book is essential reading for anyone who plans to use Josephus to illuminate a biblical text, early Judaism, the background to early Christianity, or the classical world in general. "—Steve Mason, York University "The work stands as a testament to Professor Feldman's lifetime of research on Josephus. No one else could write this volume, a tour de force."—Gregory Sterling, Notre Dame University

A History of the Jewish War

A History of the Jewish War
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 1406
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ISBN-10 : 9781316418994
ISBN-13 : 1316418995
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A History of the Jewish War by : Steve Mason

Download or read book A History of the Jewish War written by Steve Mason and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A conflict that erupted between Roman legions and some Judaeans in late AD 66 had an incalculable impact on Rome's physical appearance and imperial governance; on ancient Jews bereft of their mother-city and temple; and on early Christian fortunes. Historical scholarship and cinema alike tend to see the conflict as the culmination of long Jewish resistance to Roman oppression. In this volume, Steven Mason re-examines the war in all relevant contexts (such as the Parthian dimension, and Judaea's place in Roman Syria) and phases, from the Hasmoneans to the fall of Masada. Mason approaches each topic as a historical investigation, clarifying problems that need to be solved, understanding the available evidence, and considering scenarios that might explain the evidence. The simplest reconstructions make the conflict more humanly intelligible while casting doubt on received knowledge.