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Record Nr.

UNISA996204970503316

Autore

Sivan Hagith <1949->

Titolo

Palestine in late antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / Hagith Sivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-19-160867-X

1-281-85298-8

9786611852986

0-19-153634-2

1-4356-4266-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (450 p.)

Disciplina

933.05

Soggetti

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

Jews - History - 70-638

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Palestine History To 70 A.D

Palestine History 70-638

Palestine Social life and customs

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 (p. [366]-420) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : from Constantine to Abd al-Malik -- The periphery of dreams and deserts -- Recalcitrance, riots, and rebellion : the Samaritans and the emergence of intolerance-- Contesting the sacred : forms of ritualized violence -- Jerusalem : The contrasting eyes of beholders -- Contesting scripture and soil : liturgical dates and seasonal dieting --Flesh and blood? Women in Palestinian societies -- Urban stories : Caesarea, Sepphoris, Gaza -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Hagith Sivan offers an unconventional study of one corner of the Roman Empire in late antiquity, weaving around the theme of conflict strands of distinct histories, and of peoples and places, highlighting Palestine's polyethnicity, and cultural, topographical, architectural, and religious diversity. During the period 300-650 CE the fortunes of the 'east' and the 'west' were intimately linked. Thousands of westerners in the guise of pilgrims, pious monks, soldiers, and civiliansflocked to



what became a Christian holy land. This is the era that witnessed the transformation of Jerusalem from a sl