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Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities
of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of
Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity,
everyday life and religious practice. This will be of interest to
students of Roman history, biblical studies, ancient Judaism and
Hellenistic history.
Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity, everyday life and religious practice. This will be of interest to students of Roman history, biblical studies, ancient Judaism and Hellenistic history. eBook available with sample pages: 0203446348
The contributors in this book use the most recent research in key areas - the early settlements of Israel, early Israelite religion, Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian churches - to show that ancient writings and modern archaeology can illuminate each other, but only when used with professional care. The essays represent a new generation of archaeologists and historians, with new social, political and religious concerns who draw a fresh and vital picture of the emergence of ancient Israel.
A clear understanding of the relationship between archaeology and
literary material is crucial for scholars who wish to reconstruct
the history of emerging Israel. The papers assembled in this work
use recent research in key areas - the early settlements of Israel,
early Israelite religion, Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian
churches - to show that ancient writings and modern archeaology can
illuminate each other, but only when used with professsional care.
The essays represent a generation of archaeologists and historians,
with social, political and religious concerns who draw a useful
picture of the emergence of ancient Israel.
This book shows how travellers and scholars since Roman times have
put together their maps of the land east of the River Jordan. It
traces the contribution of Roman armies and early Christian
pilgrims and medieval European travellers, Crusading armies,
learned scholars like Jacob Ziegler, sixteenth-century mapmakers
like Mercator and Ortelius, eighteenth-century travellers and
savants, and nineteenth-century biblical scholars and explorers
like Robinson and Smith, culminating in the late-nineteenth century
surveyors working for the Palestine Exploration Fund. This original
and valuable book shows, with full illustrations, how maps of the
Transjordan region developed through the centuries, and with its
detailed tables and bibliography will aid future scholars in
further research. The author took part in archaeological
excavations and surveys in Jordan, was Associate Professor of
Biblical Studies and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, has
published research papers and books on ancient Jordan. John
Bartlett was the editor of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, and
until recently was the Chairman of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
This is a book for anyone interested in the political and cultural
results of the entry of the small state of Judah and its capital
Jerusalem into the wider Hellenistic world in the second century
BCE. In particular it forms a helpful introduction to the biblical
writing called 1 Maccabees, which is preserved in the Apocrypha. 1
Maccabees is a history of the rebellion of the Jews against their
Syrian rulers in the 160s BCE. The rebellion's leader was Judas
Maccabee, and from his family and its success sprang a dynasty that
ruled Judah for the century before the arrival of Herod the Great.
The author of 1 Maccabees was a keen supporter of that dynasty, and
saw their early rulers as made in the mould of the early kings of
Israel. The present book introduces the student to modern scholarly
research on 1 Maccabees and its author.>
This book shows how travellers and scholars since Roman times have
put together their maps of the land east of the River Jordan. It
traces the contribution of Roman armies and early Christian
pilgrims and medieval European travellers, Crusading armies,
learned scholars like Jacob Ziegler, sixteenth-century mapmakers
like Mercator and Ortelius, eighteenth-century travellers and
savants, and nineteenth-century biblical scholars and explorers
like Robinson and Smith, culminating in the late-nineteenth century
surveyors working for the Palestine Exploration Fund. This original
and valuable book shows, with full illustrations, how maps of the
Transjordan region developed through the centuries, and with its
detailed tables and bibliography will aid future scholars in
further research. The author took part in archaeological
excavations and surveys in Jordan, was Associate Professor of
Biblical Studies and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, has
published research papers and books on ancient Jordan. John
Bartlett was the editor of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, and
until recently was the Chairman of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
This book aims to introduce the work of Hellenistic Jewish writers
of the period 200 BC to AD 200. Four in particular are studied. The
authors of the Letter of Aristeas and the Sibylline Oracles came
from second-century BC Egypt. Eupolemus wrote probably in Jerusalem
at the same time. Josephus, a priest from Judaea, wrote in Rome in
the late first century AD. Using Greek, not Hebrew or Aramaic, and
conscious of the position of Jews in the Graeco-Roman world, they
wished to demonstrate that their cultural and religious heritage
stood comparison with the Graeco-Roman tradition and that Jews were
neither so philosophically naive nor so politically troublesome as
they were often supposed to be. An opening chapter describing the
position of Jews in the Hellenistic world is followed by selected
passages, all newly translated, with introductory essays and
commentary. The collection makes available to students much
material hitherto not easily accessible.
This book aims to introduce the work of Hellenistic Jewish writers
of the period 200 BC to AD 200. Four in particular are studied. The
authors of the Letter of Aristeas and the Sibylline Oracles came
from second-century BC Egypt. Eupolemus wrote probably in Jerusalem
at the same time. Josephus, a priest from Judaea, wrote in Rome in
the late first century AD. Using Greek, not Hebrew or Aramaic, and
conscious of the position of Jews in the Graeco-Roman world, they
wished to demonstrate that their cultural and religious heritage
stood comparison with the Graeco-Roman tradition and that Jews were
neither so philosophically naive nor so politically troublesome as
they were often supposed to be. An opening chapter describing the
position of Jews in the Hellenistic world is followed by selected
passages, all newly translated, with introductory essays and
commentary. The collection makes available to students much
material hitherto not easily accessible.
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