Jews and Entertainment in the Ancient World

Loren R. Spielman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 311 Seiten

2020
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-155000-3 (ISBN)

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Countering the traditional belief that Jews in antiquity were predominantly disinterested in the popular entertainments of the Greek and Roman world, Loren R. Spielman maps the varieties of Jewish engagement with theater, athletics, horse racing, gladiatorial, and beast shows in antiquity. The author argues that Jews from Hellenistic Alexandria to late antique Sepphoris enjoyed and exploited, or alternatively resisted and scorned, popular forms of public entertainment as they adapted to the political, social, and religious realities of imperial rule. Including references to ancient Jewish actors, athletes, promoters, and plays alongside analysis of rabbinic and other early Jewish critique of sport and spectacle, Loren R. Spielman describes the different ways that attitudes towards entertainment might have played a role in shaping ancient Jewish identity.

Born 1975; 2010 PhD at the Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America; taught at Wesleyan University and the Jewish Theological Seminary; 2010-12 Schusterman Teaching Fellow; currently Associate Professor of Classical and Rabbinic Judaism, Portland State University.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism
Verlagsort	Tübingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 240 mm
Gewicht	639 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Acient • Acient Palestine • Empire • Josephus • Literature • Palestine • rabbinic • rabbinic literature • Roman • Roman Empire • Roman spectacle • Spectacle
ISBN-10	3-16-155000-5 / 3161550005
ISBN-13	978-3-16-155000-3 / 9783161550003
Zustand	Neuware