TY - BOOK AU - Berthelot,Katell TI - Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel SN - 9780691220420 U1 - 933.05 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Rome KW - bisacsh KW - Aelius Gallus KW - Against Apion KW - Alexander Jannaeus KW - Antoninus Pius KW - Arianism KW - Avodah Zarah KW - Babylonian captivity KW - Bar Kokhba revolt KW - Battle of Cynoscephalae KW - Bikkurim (Talmud) KW - Book of Deuteronomy KW - Book of Leviticus KW - Christianity and Judaism KW - Civis romanus sum KW - Conversion to Judaism KW - Deuteronomist KW - Deuteronomy Rabbah KW - Diocletian KW - Dionysius of Halicarnassus KW - Donatism KW - Esau KW - First Jewish–Roman War KW - Founding of Rome KW - Gentile KW - God KW - Haredi Judaism KW - Hebrews KW - Hellenistic period KW - Herodians KW - Hillel and Shammai KW - Hippolytus of Rome KW - Hittites KW - Hiyya bar Abba KW - Imperial cult (ancient Rome) KW - Imperialism KW - Israelites KW - Jehoshaphat KW - Jerusalem Talmud KW - Jewish Christian KW - Jewish culture KW - Jewish diaspora KW - Jewish history KW - Jewish identity KW - Jewish literature KW - Jewish religious movements KW - Jewish studies KW - Jews KW - Judaism KW - Judaizers KW - Judas Maccabeus KW - Judea (Roman province) KW - Judea KW - King of the Romans KW - Kingdom of Judah KW - Lactantius KW - Lamentations Rabbah KW - Law of Moses KW - Legal fiction KW - Letter of Aristeas KW - Leviticus Rabbah KW - Maimonides KW - Manichaeism KW - Marcionism KW - Masoretic Text KW - Messiah in Judaism KW - Messianism KW - Midrash KW - Mishnah KW - Mishneh Torah KW - Neo-Babylonian Empire KW - Noahidism KW - Patrician (ancient Rome) KW - Pelagianism KW - Persecution of Christians KW - Proselyte KW - Protestantism KW - Puritans KW - Rabbi KW - Rabbinic Judaism KW - Rabbinic literature KW - Roman Empire KW - Roman Government KW - Roman Inquisition KW - Roman Kingdom KW - Roman Law KW - Roman army KW - Roman calendar KW - Roman citizenship KW - Roman consul KW - Roman mythology KW - Rome and Jerusalem KW - Saducismus Triumphatus KW - Second Punic War KW - Second Temple Judaism KW - Sicarii KW - Sin offering KW - Slavery KW - Suetonius KW - Tosefta KW - Vindicta Salvatoris N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Maps --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Note on Translations --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Coping with Empires before Rome: From Assyria to the Hellenistic Kingdoms --; 1. The Neo-Assyrian Empire --; 2. The Neo-Babylonian Empire --; 3. The Persian Empire --; 4. The Hellenistic Kingdoms --; Chapter 2 The Unique Challenge of the Roman Empire: A Rivalry between Two Peoples --; 1. The Imperialism of a People --; 2. The “Election” of the Romans --; 3. The “Vocation” of the Romans --; 4. The Roman Victories Over the Jews: Obliteration and Substitution --; 5. Rome as Israel’s Twin Brother and Rival --; Chapter 3 The Challenge of Roman Power --; 1. Roman Military Power and Roman Manliness --; 2. A Rivalry for Military Valor? --; 3. Jewish Criticism and Redefinitions of Bravery, Manliness, and Power --; Chapter 4 The Challenge of Roman Law and Jurisdiction --; 1. The Nature of the Challenge --; 2. Rabbinic and Roman Law: A Partly Shared Legal Culture? --; 3. A Rivalry of Legal Systems: The Torah versus Roman Jurisdiction --; 4. The Torah as Nonuniversal Law --; Chapter 5 The Challenge of Roman Citizenship --; 1. The Nature of the Challenge --; 2. Judaism as “Citizenship”: The Hellenistic Context and the Impact of Rome --; 3. Beyond Citizenship: The Enduring Significance of Lineage and the Legal Fiction of Adoption --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index of Ancient Sources; restricted access N2 - How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the TorahThroughout 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. Both considered their laws to be the most perfect ever written, and both believed they were a most pious people who had been entrusted with a divine mission to bring order and peace to the world. Berthelot argues that the rabbinic identification of Rome with Esau, Israel's twin brother, reflected this sense of rivalry. She discusses how this challenge transformed ancient Jewish ideas about military power and the use of force, law and jurisdiction, and membership in the people of Israel. Berthelot argues that Jewish thinkers imitated the Romans in some cases and proposed competing models in others.Shedding new light on Jewish thought in antiquity, Jews and Their Roman Rivals reveals how Jewish encounters with pagan Rome gave rise to crucial evolutions in the ways Jews conceptualized the Torah and conversion to Judaism UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691220420?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691220420 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691220420/original ER -