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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464477803321

Autore

Stemberger Günter <1940->

Titolo

Jews and Christians in the Holy Land : Palestine in the fourth century / / by Günter Stemberger ; translated by Ruth Tuschling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : T&T Clark, , 2000

ISBN

0-567-23050-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

956.94/02

Soggetti

Jews - Palestine - History

Jews - History - 70-638

Christians - Palestine

Electronic books.

Palestine History 70-638

Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337

Rome History Theodosius, the Great, 379-395

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-321) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Administration, economy, population -- The Jews of Palestine under Constantine -- Church building and Christianization -- Christian pilgrimage -- Synagogue building -- The revolt against Gallus -- Julian's religious policies and Palestine -- The Samaritans -- The Jewish patriarch -- The rabbinate.

Sommario/riassunto

The fourth century is often referred to as the first Christian century, and for the Jews a period of decline and persecution. But was this change really so immediate and irreversible? What was the real impact of the Christianisation of the Roman Empire on the Jews, especially in their own land?Stemberger draws on all available sources, literary and archaeological, Christian as well as pagan and Jewish, to reconstruct the history of the different religious communities of Palestine in the fourth century.This book demonstrates how lively, creative and resourceful the Jewish communities remained.