Jews and Their Roman Rivals (eBook)

Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel

Katell Berthelot (Autor)

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2021
552 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22042-0 (ISBN)

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How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the TorahThroughout 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.

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 22 b/w illus. 2 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Aelius Gallus • Against Apion • Alexander Jannaeus • Antoninus Pius • Arianism • Avodah Zarah • Babylonian Captivity • Bar Kokhba revolt • Battle of Cynoscephalae • Bikkurim (Talmud) • book of Deuteronomy • Book of Leviticus • Christianity and Judaism • Civis romanus sum • Conversion to Judaism • Deuteronomist • Deuteronomy Rabbah • diocletian • Dionysius of Halicarnassus • Donatism • Esau • First Jewish–Roman War • founding of rome • gentile • God • Haredi Judaism • Hebrews • Hellenistic period • herodians • Hillel and Shammai • Hippolytus of Rome • Hittites • Hiyya bar Abba • Imperial cult (ancient Rome) • imperialism • israelites • jehoshaphat • Jerusalem Talmud • Jewish Christian • Jewish Culture • Jewish Diaspora • Jewish History • Jewish Identity • Jewish Literature • Jewish religious movements • Jewish Studies • Jews • Judaism • Judaizers • Judas Maccabeus • Judea • Judea (Roman province) • Kingdom of Judah • King of the Romans • Lactantius • Lamentations Rabbah • Law of Moses • legal fiction • letter of aristeas • Leviticus Rabbah • Maimonides • Manichaeism • Marcionism • Masoretic Text • Messiah in Judaism • messianism • Midrash • Mishnah • Mishneh Torah • Neo-Babylonian Empire • Noahidism • Patrician (ancient Rome) • pelagianism • Persecution of Christians • Proselyte • Protestantism • Puritans • Rabbi • Rabbinic Judaism • rabbinic literature • Roman Army • Roman Calendar • roman citizenship • Roman consul • Roman Empire • Roman government • Roman Inquisition • Roman Kingdom • Roman law • Roman Mythology • Rome and Jerusalem • Saducismus Triumphatus • second punic war • Second Temple Judaism • Sicarii • Sin Offering • Slavery • Suetonius • Tosefta • Vindicta Salvatoris
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22042-5 / 0691220425
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22042-0 / 9780691220420