The Jews Under Roman Rule from Pompey to Diocletian

Erscheinungsjahr 1981
ISBN: 978-90-04-06403-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 595 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

Reihe: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity

It is remarkable that Judaism could develop given the domination by Rome in Palestine over the centuries. Smallwood traces Judaism's constantly shifting political, religious, and geographical boundaries under Roman rule from Pompey to Diocletian, that is, from the first century BCE through the third century CE. From a long-standing nationalistic tradition that was a tolerated sect under a pagan ruler, Judaism becomes, over time, a threat that needs to be repressed and confined against a now-Christian empire. This work examines the galvanizing forces that shaped and defined Judaism as we have come to know it.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Smallwood, E Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

E.M. Smallwood is Professor of Romano-Jewish history at Queen's University, Belfast.