Jewish local patriotism and self-identification in the Graeco-Roman period / edited by Siân Jones & Sarah Pearce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Sian, editor.

Pearce, Sarah, editor.

Series:

Library of Second Temple studies.

Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 31.

Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 31

Library of Second Temple studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Jews--Identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of essays explores the broad theme of the relationship between Jewish identity and patriotism in the period between the destruction of the First Temple and late antiquity, with special attention to the Graeco-Roman period. The authors focus on Jewish local identification with particular lands, including the Land of Israel, and the existence of local forms of patriotism. The approaches represented are interdisciplinary in nature and draw on a wide range of sources, including archaeological remains, literary material, and inscriptions. These essays share a comparative perspective on

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: Jewish Local Identities and Patriotism in the Graeco-Roman Period; Identities in Practice: Towards an Archaeological Perspective on Jewish Identity in Antiquity; Triumph of the Pious or Failure of the Xenophobes? The Ezra-Nehemiah Reforms and their Nachgeschichte; Jewish Local Patriotism: The Samaritan Problem; Belonging and Not Belonging: Local Perspectives in Philo of Alexandria; Letters Out of Judaea: Echoes of Israel in Jewish Inscriptions from Europe

The Patriotic Rabbi: Babylonian Scholars in Roman Period Palestine Synagogues of the Hebrews: ''Good Jews'' in the Diaspora; Index of References; Index of Authors;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 20, 2014).

ISBN:

9780567136534

0567136531

OCLC:

893330757