Jewish Communities in Asia Minor
Title | Jewish Communities in Asia Minor PDF eBook |
Author | Paul R. Trebilco |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2006-11-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780521030328 |
The book provides an invaluable and coherent description of the life of Jewish communities in Asia Minor.
Studies on Jewish Communities in Asia Minor
Title | Studies on Jewish Communities in Asia Minor PDF eBook |
Author | P. R. Trebilco |
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Pages | |
Release | 1987 |
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Judaism in Western Asia Minor Under the Roman Empire
Title | Judaism in Western Asia Minor Under the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | A. Thomas Kraabel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 518 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Jews |
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Abstract: 4 leaves at end.
Diaspora
Title | Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | Erich S. Gruen |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2009-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674037991 |
What was life like for Jews settled throughout the Mediterranean world of Classical antiquity--and what place did Jewish communities have in the diverse civilization dominated by Greeks and Romans? In a probing account of the Jewish diaspora in the four centuries from Alexander the Great's conquest of the Near East to the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 C.E., Erich Gruen reaches often surprising conclusions. By the first century of our era, Jews living abroad far outnumbered those living in Palestine and had done so for generations. Substantial Jewish communities were found throughout the Greek mainland and Aegean islands, Asia Minor, the Tigris-Euphrates valley, Egypt, and Italy. Focusing especially on Alexandria, Greek cities in Asia Minor, and Rome, Gruen explores the lives of these Jews: the obstacles they encountered, the institutions they established, and their strategies for adjustment. He also delves into Jewish writing in this period, teasing out how Jews in the diaspora saw themselves. There emerges a picture of a Jewish minority that was at home in Greco-Roman cities: subject to only sporadic harassment; its intellectuals immersed in Greco-Roman culture while refashioning it for their own purposes; exhibiting little sign of insecurity in an alien society; and demonstrating both a respect for the Holy Land and a commitment to the local community and Gentile government. Gruen's innovative analysis of the historical and literary record alters our understanding of the way this vibrant minority culture engaged with the dominant Classical civilization.
Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities
Title | Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. Benedikt Eckhardt |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2019-07-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 900440760X |
In 'Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities', Benedikt Eckhardt brings together a group of experts to investigate a problem of historical categorization. Traditionally, scholars have either presupposed that Jewish groups were "Greco-Roman Associations" like others or have treated them in isolation from other groups. Attempts to begin a cross-disciplinary dialogue about the presuppositions and ultimate aims of the respective approaches have shown that much preliminary work on categories is necessary. This book explores the methodological dividing lines, based on the common-sense assumption that different questions require different solutions. Re-introducing historical differentiation into a field that has been dominated by abstractions, it provides the debate with a new foundation. Case studies highlight the problems and advantages of different approaches.
Religious Networks in the Roman Empire
Title | Religious Networks in the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Collar |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2013-12-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107043441 |
Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.
The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır
Title | The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Mihajlovski |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2021-09-06 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 900446526X |
In this ground-breaking work on the Ottoman town of Manastir (Bitola), Robert Mihajlovski, provides a detailed account of the development of Islamic, Christian and Sephardic religious architecture and culture as it manifested in the town and precincts.