Jewish and Christian communal identities in the Roman world / edited by Yair Furstenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furstenberg, Yair, editor.

Series:

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 94.

Ancient Judaism and early Christianity, 1871-6636 ; VOLUME 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identification (Religion)--History--To 1500.

Identification (Religion).

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--History.

Identity (Psychology).

Jews--Identity--History--To 1500.

Jews.

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

Judaism.

History.

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects.

Jews--Identity.

Judaism--Talmudic period.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

Jews and Christians under the Roman Empire shared a unique sense of community. Set apart from their civic and cultic surroundings, both groups resisted complete assimilation into the dominant political and social structures. However, Jewish communities differed from their Christian counterparts in their overall patterns of response to the surrounding challenges. They exhibit diverse levels of integration into the civic fabric of the cities of the Empire and display contrary attitudes towards the creation of trans-local communal networks. The variety of local case studies examined in this volume/offers an integrated image of the multiple factors, both internal and external, which determined the role of communal identity in creating a sense of belonging among Jews and Christians under Imperial constraints. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : The shared dimensions of Jewish and Christian communal identities / Yair Furstenberg

The ptolemaic and Roman definitions of social categories and the evolution of Judean communal identity in Egypt / Sylvie Honigman

The Roman state and Jewish diaspora communities in the antonine age / Martin Goodman

Civic identity and Christ groups / John S. Kloppenborg

Organized charity in the ancient world : Pagan, Jewish, Christian / Pieter W. van der Horst

The fourth book of Maccabees in the multi-cultural city / Tessa Rajak

Rome and Alexandria : why was there no Jewish Politeuma in Rome? / Daniel R. Schwartz

From text to community : methodological problems of reconstructing communities behind texts / Jörg Frey

Lycaonian Christianity under Roman rule and their Jewish-Christian tradition / Cilliers Breytenbach

The Jewish community in Egypt before and after 177 CE in light of old and new papyri / Tal Ilan

Jewish communities in the Roman diaspora : why Salo Baron still matters? / Seth Schwartz

"You are a chosen stock..." : the use of Israel epithets for the addressees of First Peter / Lutz Doering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jewish and Christian communal identities in the Roman world

ISBN:

9789004321212

9004321217

OCLC:

945029687

Publisher Number:

9789004321212