Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel

by Katell Berthelot

Book Overview

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah

Throughout their history, Jews have lived under a succession of imperial powers, from Assyria and Babylonia to Persia and the Hellenistic kingdoms. Jews and Their Roman Rivals shows how the Roman Empire posed a unique challenge to Jewish thinkers such as Philo, Josephus, and the Palestinian rabbis, who both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691264805
• ISBN13: 9780691264806
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"