In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51704-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

Reihe: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism

The main contribution of this book is that it tries to determine how the Jews answered the challenges of Roman society. Thus, the book presents a refreshing approach to the nature of the Roman attitude toward Judaism and the Jews. In addition, it provides the first detailed examination of the demography and geography of the Jewish communities in Roman Italy. The book also offers a new look at the legal standing of the Jewish communitarian organization. Last but not least, this study also addresses the various facets of the culture of the Jews living in Roman Italy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rocca, Samuele

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures

About the Author

Introduction: The Jews of Roman Italy—A New Study

0.1 What Is Unique

0.2 Methodology

0.3 Primary Sources

0.4 Judeophobia versus Xenophobia

1 The Urban Geography and the Demographic Development of the Jewish Settlement in Imperial Rome: A Diachronic Overview

1.1 The Jewish Settlement during the Republic

1.2 The Jewish Settlement during the Early Empire

1.3 The Jewish Settlement in Late Antiquity

2 The Legal Status of the Jews in Roman Italy

2.1 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community

2.2 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community in the Early Empire

2.3 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community in the Late Empire

2.4 Crossing the Border: Conversion to Judaism

3 Jewish Social Life in Roman Italy

3.1 The Onomasticon of the Jews of Roman Italy

3.2 The Social Spectrum and Occupational Framework of the Jews in Imperial Rome and Ostia

4 Reframing Judaism in Roman Italy

4.1 Jewish Apologetics in Roman Italy

4.2 The Religious Liturgy of the Jews in Roman Italy

4.3 Burying the Dead

4.4 Rediscovering a Nonfigurative Language: Jewish Art in Roman Italy

5 The Jewish Revolt: Jews and Judaism in Roman Imperial Ideology

5.1 Josephus and the Triumph of the Flavians

5.2 The Jewish War, Flavian Ideology, and Rome’s Urban Renewal

6 Conclusion: The History of Jews in Italy

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Samuele Rocca, Ph.D. (2007), University of Bar Ilan, is senior lecturer at Ariel University, Israel. He has published monographs, such as Herod’s Judaea (2008), and many articles focusing on Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity.