Images of empire / edited by Loveday Alexander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexander, Loveday.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 122.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Rome in rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the Images of Empire colloquium held in Sheffield in 1990, an international team of scholars met to explore some of the conflicting images generated by the Roman Empire. The articles reflect interests as diverse as those of the scholars themselves: Roman history and archaeology, Jewish Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Patristics are all represented. All are focused on a single theme, the importance of which is increasingly recognized, not only for the historian, but for everyone interested in the political complexities of our post-imperial world.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Urbs Roma, Plebs and Princeps; The Economic Critique of Rome in Revelation 18; Images-or Mirages-of Empire? An Archaeological Approach to the Problem; Calgacus: Clash of Roman and Native; Friends, Romans, Subjects: Agrippa II's Speech in Josephus's Jewish War; The Kittim in the Qumran Pesharim; Daniel in the Lions' Den; Surviving the Web of Roman Power: Religion and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles, Josephus, and Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe; Luke-Acts: A Mixed Population Seeks a Home in the Roman Empire

Opponents of Rome: Jews and Others; Jerome's Concepts of Empire; Let Every Soul Be Subject: The Fathers and the Empire; The Family of Caesar and the Family of God: The Image of the Emperor in the Heikhalot Literature; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611803575

9781281803573

128180357X

9780567543554

0567543552

OCLC:

277230196