Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 601 g
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Power, Strategies, and Ethnic Configurations
Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 601 g
Reihe: ISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-078738-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Recent research has considered how changing imperial contexts influence conceptions of Jewishness among ruling elites (esp. Eckhardt, , 2013). This study integrates other, often marginal, conceptions with elite perspectives. It uses an empirically based sociological model, to link macro-level characteristics of the social field with individual agency in ethnic construction. It uses a wide range of written sources as evidence for constructions of Jewishness and relates these to a local-specific understanding of demographic and institutional characteristics, informed by material culture. The result is a diachronic study of how institutional changes under Seleucid, Hasmonean, and Early Roman rule influenced the ways that members of the ruling elite, retainer class, and marginalized groups presented their preferred visions of Jewishness. These sometimes-competing visions advance different strategies to maintain, rework, or blur the boundaries between Jews and others. The study provides the next step toward a thick description of Jewishness in antiquity by introducing needed systematization for relating written sources from different social strata with their contexts.
Zielgruppe
Judaist/-innen, Neutestamentler/-innen, Altertumswissenschaftler/ / Scholars in the field of Jewish Studies, New Testament, Ancient G
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
