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The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East : reassessing the sources / E.A. Myers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, E. A. (Elaine Anne), author.
- Series:
- Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 147.
- Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 147
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Itureans--History.
- Itureans.
- Itureans--Sources.
- Lebanon--History.
- Lebanon.
- Biqāʻ Valley (Lebanon)--History.
- Biqāʻ Valley (Lebanon).
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- The Ituraeans & the Roman Near East
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Ituraeans, a little-known people of late first century BCE Syria/Palestine, are referred to briefly in a number of early texts, notably Pliny, Strabo and Josephus, and the principality of Ituraea is mentioned in Luke 3.1. There is, as yet, no consensus among archaeologists as to whether certain artefacts should be attributed to the Ituraeans or not. They form a mysterious backdrop to what we know of the area in the time of Jesus, which remains obstinately obscure despite the enormous amount of research in recent decades on the 'historical Jesus' and Greco-Roman Galilee. Through reference to the early texts, modern scholarship has contributed to a claim the Ituraeans were an Arab tribal group known mainly for their recurrent brigandage. Elaine Myers challenges these presuppositions and suggests a reappraisal of previous interpretations of these texts and the archaeological evidence to present a more balanced portrait of this ancient people.
- Contents:
- Early scholarship
- Literary texts
- Archaeology
- Coins
- Inscriptions
- Ituraeans and identity
- The Ituraeans in history
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1. Two small finds and the Ituraeans
- Appendix 2. Inscriptions relevant to the Roman auxiliary units.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-20707-X
- 1-282-54697-X
- 9786612546976
- 0-511-67422-8
- 0-511-67541-0
- 0-511-67216-0
- 0-511-67088-5
- 0-511-67467-8
- 0-511-67343-4
- OCLC:
- 609856576
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