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Orientation to the history of Roman Judaea / Steve Mason.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498294485
  • 1498294480
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 933 23
LOC classification:
  • DS122 M37 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
PART I. Doing History -- Popular and academic : tradition vs. history -- Social scientists and humanists : debates among historians -- Special problems in the history of ancient Judaea -- Method and procedure : ancient vs. modern history -- Conclusion -- PART II. Mapping peoples -- The classical paradigm : ethnos and polis -- The classical paradigm : sacrificial cult and voluntary association -- The end of the classical paradigm -- Geography : the world, the homeland, the mother-polis -- Summary and conclusions.
Summary: "No field of study is livelier than the history of Roman-era Judaea (ca. 200 BC to AD 400). Bold reinterpretations of texts and new archaeological discoveries prompt us constantly to rethink assumptions. What kind of religion was Judaism? How did Jews--and Christians--relate to Roman imperial power? Should we speak of Judaism or Judaisms? How should the finds at Qumran affect our understanding? Did Paul and other early Christians remain within Judaism? Should we translate Ioudaioi as "Jews" or "Judaeans"? ... Rather than trying to specify which questions are good ones or what one should think about them, the book offers new perspectives to help unleash the historical imagination while reckoning squarely with the nature of our evidence."--Publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1449391

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 23, 2017)

Includes bibliographical references.

PART I. Doing History -- Popular and academic : tradition vs. history -- Social scientists and humanists : debates among historians -- Special problems in the history of ancient Judaea -- Method and procedure : ancient vs. modern history -- Conclusion -- PART II. Mapping peoples -- The classical paradigm : ethnos and polis -- The classical paradigm : sacrificial cult and voluntary association -- The end of the classical paradigm -- Geography : the world, the homeland, the mother-polis -- Summary and conclusions.

"No field of study is livelier than the history of Roman-era Judaea (ca. 200 BC to AD 400). Bold reinterpretations of texts and new archaeological discoveries prompt us constantly to rethink assumptions. What kind of religion was Judaism? How did Jews--and Christians--relate to Roman imperial power? Should we speak of Judaism or Judaisms? How should the finds at Qumran affect our understanding? Did Paul and other early Christians remain within Judaism? Should we translate Ioudaioi as "Jews" or "Judaeans"? ... Rather than trying to specify which questions are good ones or what one should think about them, the book offers new perspectives to help unleash the historical imagination while reckoning squarely with the nature of our evidence."--Publisher.