Building Jewish in the Roman East
Title | Building Jewish in the Roman East PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Richardson |
Publisher | Baylor University Press |
Pages | 443 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1932792015 |
Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean, but what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. Building Jewish first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, Building Jewish explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity but also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and, thus, directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.
Building Jewish in the Roman East
Title | Building Jewish in the Roman East PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Richardson |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2005-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9047406508 |
Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. "Building Jewish" first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, "Building Jewish" explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, but he also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and thus directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.
The Building Program of Herod the Great
Title | The Building Program of Herod the Great PDF eBook |
Author | Duane W. Roller |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780520919358 |
Herod the Great, King of Judaea from 444 B.C., is known as one of the world's great villains. This notoriety has overshadowed his actual achievements, particularly his role as a client king of Rome during Augustus's reign as emperor. An essential aspect of Herod's responsibilities as king of Judaea was his role as a builder. Remarkably innovative, he created an astonishing record of architectural achievement, not only in Judaea but also throughout Greece and the Roman east. Duane W. Roller systematically presents and discusses all the building projects known to have been initiated by Herod, and locates this material in a broad historical and cultural context. Bringing together previously inaccessible material, Roller enriches our understanding of the enigmatic Herod and provides new insights into Roman architecture. Herod was instrumental in the diffusion of the Augustan architectural revolution into the provinces and was the first to build outside Italy such Italian architectural forms as the basilica, amphitheater, villa, and Italian temple. Herod's legacy provided a groundwork for the architectural Romanization of the east, influencing the construction of the great temple complexes and palaces so familiar from later Roman architecture. Herod, like Augustus himself, was not only interested in architecture but also in diplomatic and financial contacts among cities of the region. In addition to providing a repertorium of the building projects, this study is also an exploration of international relations in the eastern Mediterranean at the beginning of the Roman imperial period.
In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy
Title | In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy PDF eBook |
Author | Samuele Rocca |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2022-09-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004525629 |
This volume presents a refreshing and comprehensive study of the history of the Jews living in Rome and in Roman Italy, focusing on a diachronic study of Jewish society and its interaction with its immediate social and cultural surroundings.
Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire
Title | Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Natalie B. Dohrmann |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2013-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812208579 |
In histories of ancient Jews and Judaism, the Roman Empire looms large. For all the attention to the Jewish Revolt and other conflicts, however, there has been less concern for situating Jews within Roman imperial contexts; just as Jews are frequently dismissed as atypical by scholars of Roman history, so Rome remains invisible in many studies of rabbinic and other Jewish sources written under Roman rule. Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire brings Jewish perspectives to bear on long-standing debates concerning Romanization, Christianization, and late antiquity. Focusing on the third to sixth centuries, it draws together specialists in Jewish and Christian history, law, literature, poetry, and art. Perspectives from rabbinic and patristic sources are juxtaposed with evidence from piyyutim, documentary papyri, and synagogue and church mosaics. Through these case studies, contributors highlight paradoxes, subtleties, and ironies of Romanness and imperial power. Contributors: William Adler, Beth A. Berkowitz, Ra'anan Boustan, Hannah M. Cotton, Natalie B. Dohrmann, Paula Fredriksen, Oded Irshai, Hayim Lapin, Joshua Levinson, Ophir Münz-Manor, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Hagith Sivan, Michael D. Swartz, Rina Talgam.
Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern World
Title | Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern World PDF eBook |
Author | Mladen Popović |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2017-01-23 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004336915 |
The essays in this volume originate from the Third Qumran Institute Symposium held at the University of Groningen, December 2013. Taking the flexible concept of “cultural encounter” as a starting point, the essays in this volume bring together a panoply of approaches to the study of various cultural interactions between the people of ancient Israel, Judea, and Palestine and people from other parts of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world. In order to study how cultural encounters shaped historical development, literary traditions, religious practice and political systems, the contributors employ a broad spectrum of theoretical positions (e.g., hybridity, métissage, frontier studies, postcolonialism, entangled histories and multilingualism), to interpret a diverse set of literary, documentary, archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, and iconographic sources.
Alexander to Constantine
Title | Alexander to Constantine PDF eBook |
Author | Amihay Mazar |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2012-09-25 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0300141793 |
Provides an overview of the intellectual and religious changes during the Greco-Roman period and their impact on world history.