The Roman-Jewish wars and Hebrew cultural nationalism / Moshe Aberbach, David Aberbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aberbach, Moses.

Contributor:

Aberbach, David, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--168 B.C.E.-135 C.E.

Jews.

Jews--History--Rebellion, 66-73.

Jews--History--Bar Kokhba Rebellion, 132-135.

History.

Jewish nationalism.

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

Jews--Civilization.

Physical Description:

xix, 170 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

In this controversial book, the authors show how the Roman-Jewish wars were precipitated partly by Jewish demographic and religious expansion and by conflict with the Greeks and their culture. They argue that the trauma of defeat stimulated Jewish cultural growth during and after the wars. This culture was an implicit rejection of Greco-Roman civilization and values in favor of an exclusive religious-cultural nationalism, predating more recent cultural-national movements of defeated peoples.

Contents:

Part I Roads to War 63 BCE - 66 CE

2 Background to the Roman-Jewish Wars 23

3 A Brief Anatomy of the Jewish Revolts against Rome 28

4 Short-Term Causes of the Jewish Revolts against Rome 33

5 Long-Term Causes of the Roman-Jewish Wars 49

6 Conclusion: the Jewish Threat to Rome 79

Part II Creative Responses to Defeat 70-200 CE

7 Humiliation and Literary Defiance 85

8 The Lower Depths 93

9 Signs of Recovery 99

10 Hebrew and Revolutionary Jewish Education 103

11 Hebrew, Loss and Idealization 107

12 Hebrew, Empire and the Struggle for Unity 110

13 From Bar-Kokhba to the Mishna 114

14 Hebrew Literary Strategies 118

15 Hebrew and Stoicism 124

16 Conclusion: Defeat and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312231911

OCLC:

42780806