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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450138703321

Titolo

The first Jewish revolt : archaeology, history, and ideology / / edited by Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-51832-3

0-203-28300-7

1-280-04863-8

0-203-16744-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BerlinAndrea

OvermanJ. Andrew <1955->

Disciplina

933

Soggetti

Jews - History - Rebellion, 66-73 - Causes

Jews - History - 168 B.C.-135 A.D

Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D

Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel - Galilee

Electronic books.

Galilee (Israel) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title : The first Jewish revolt.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Current scholarship on the First Revolt; 2 Roman perspectives on the Jews in the age of the Great Revolt; 3 The Revolt from a regional perspective; 4 Romanization and anti Romanization in pre Revolt Galilee; 5 Phoenicians and Jews a ceramic case study; 6 Power vacuum and power struggle in 66 7 C E; 7 Sepphoris: city of peace; 8 Yodefat Jotapata the archaeology of the first battle; 9 Gamla city of refuge; 10 Documents of the First Jewish Revolt from the Judean desert; 11 Jewish millenarian expectations

12 In the footsteps of the Tenth Roman Legion in Judea13 The First Revolt and Flavian politics; 14 Good from evil the rabbinic response; 15 The First Revolt and its afterlife; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The First Jewish Revolt against Rome is arguably the most decisive



event in the history of Judaism and Christianity. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE by the Roman General Titus forced a transformation in structure and form for both of these fraternal religions. Yet despite its importance, little has been written on the First Revolt, its causes, implications and the facts surrounding it.In this volume, Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman have gathered the foremost scholars on the period to discuss and debate this pivotal historical event. The contributions explore both