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

• Autore: Sivan Hagith <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Disciplina: 933.05
• Soggetto topico: Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D; Jews - History - 70-638; Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
• Soggetto geografico: Palestine History To 70 A.D; Palestine History 70-638; Palestine Social life and customs
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Palestine in late antiquity
• ISBN: 0-19-160867-X; 1-281-85298-8; 9786611852986; 0-19-153634-2; 1-4356-4266-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996204970503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno