Jews and their Roman rivals : Pagan Rome's challenge to Israel / Katell Berthelot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berthelot, Katell, author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource 547 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah. Throughout their history, Jews have lived under a succession of imperial powers, from Assyria and Babylonia to Persia and the Hellenistic kingdoms. 'Jews and Their Roman Rivals' shows how the Roman Empire posed a unique challenge to Jewish thinkers such as Philo, Josephus, and the Palestinian rabbis, who both resisted and internalized Roman standards and imperial ideology. Katell Berthelot traces how, long before the empire became Christian, Jews came to perceive Israel and Rome as rivals competing for supremacy.

Contents:

Coping with empires before Rome: From Assyria to the Hellenistic kingdoms

The unique challenge of the Roman empire a rivalry between two peoples

The challenge of Roman power

The challenge of Roman law and jurisdiction

The challenge of Roman citizenship.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2022).

ISBN:

9780691220420

0691220425

OCLC:

1263872728