02998nam 2200661 a 450 99620497050331620230207224257.00-19-160867-X1-281-85298-897866118529860-19-153634-21-4356-4266-X(CKB)1000000000393472(EBL)728996(OCoLC)227211475(SSID)ssj0000088634(PQKBManifestationID)11113113(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088634(PQKBWorkID)10081982(PQKB)10181433(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073601(MiAaPQ)EBC728996(MiAaPQ)EBC7035050(Au-PeEL)EBL7035050(EXLCZ)99100000000039347220070906d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPalestine in late antiquity[electronic resource] /Hagith SivanOxford Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (450 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171255-8 0-19-928417-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-420) and index.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.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 slJewsHistory586 B.C.-70 A.DJewsHistory70-638JudaismHistoryPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.DPalestineHistoryTo 70 A.DPalestineHistory70-638PalestineSocial life and customsJewsHistoryJewsHistoryJudaismHistory933.05Sivan Hagith1949-623316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996204970503316Palestine in late antiquity2338158UNISA