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Jews and Their Roman Rivals - Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel (Hardcover): Katell Berthelot Jews and Their Roman Rivals - Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel (Hardcover)
Katell Berthelot
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 resisted and internalized Roman standards and imperial ideology. Katell Berthelot traces how, long before the empire became Christian, Jews came to perceive Israel and Rome as rivals competing for supremacy. Both considered their laws to be the most perfect ever written, and both believed they were a most pious people who had been entrusted with a divine mission to bring order and peace to the world. Berthelot argues that the rabbinic identification of Rome with Esau, Israel's twin brother, reflected this sense of rivalry. She discusses how this challenge transformed ancient Jewish ideas about military power and the use of force, law and jurisdiction, and membership in the people of Israel. Berthelot argues that Jewish thinkers imitated the Romans in some cases and proposed competing models in others. Shedding new light on Jewish thought in antiquity, Jews and Their Roman Rivals reveals how Jewish encounters with pagan Rome gave rise to crucial evolutions in the ways Jews conceptualized the Torah and conversion to Judaism.

Jerusalem - History of a Global City (Hardcover): Vincent Lemire Jerusalem - History of a Global City (Hardcover)
Vincent Lemire; Translated by Juliana Froggatt; Katell Berthelot, Julien Loiseau, Yann Potin
R959 R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Save R171 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An expansive history of Jerusalem as a cultural crossroads, and a fresh look at the urban development of one of the world's most mythologized cities. Jerusalem is often seen as an eternal battlefield in the "clash of civilizations" and in endless, inevitable wars of religion. But if we abandon this limiting image when reviewing the entirety of its concrete urban history-from its beginnings to today-we discover a global city at the world's crossroads. Jerusalem is the common cradle of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, whose long and intertwined pasts include as much exchange and reciprocal influence as conflict and confrontation. This synthetic account is the first to make available to the general public Jerusalem's whole history, informed by the latest archaeological finds, unexplored archives, and ongoing research and offering a completely renewed understanding of the city's past and geography. This book is an indispensable guide to understanding why the world converges on Jerusalem.

The Future of Rome - Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian Visions (Paperback, New Ed): Jonathan J Price, Katell Berthelot The Future of Rome - Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian Visions (Paperback, New Ed)
Jonathan J Price, Katell Berthelot
R1,004 Discovery Miles 10 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

How was the future of Rome, both near and distant in time, imagined by different populations living under the Roman Empire? It emerges from this collection of essays by a distinguished international team of scholars that Romans, Greeks, Jews and Christians had strikingly different answers to that question, revealing profound differences in their conceptions of history and historical time, the purpose of history, the meaning of written words and oral traditions. It is also argued that practically no one living under Rome's rule, including the Romans themselves, did not think about the question in one form or another.

Early Judaism - A Comprehensive Overview (Paperback, Reprint): John J. Collins, Daniel C. Harlow Early Judaism - A Comprehensive Overview (Paperback, Reprint)
John J. Collins, Daniel C. Harlow; Contributions by John M.G. Barclay, Miriam Pucci Ben Zeev, Katell Berthelot
R1,150 R933 Discovery Miles 9 330 Save R217 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Culled from The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, a monumental, groundbreaking reference work published in late 2010, Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview contains fifteen first-rate essays from a diverse group of internationally renowned scholars. This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview available of Judaism in the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Contributors John M. G. BarclayMiriam Pucci Ben ZeevKatell BerthelotJohn J. CollinsErich S. GruenDaniel C. HarlowJames L. KugelAdam Kolman MarshakSteve MasonJames S. McLarenMaren R. NiehoffDavid T. RuniaLawrence H. SchiffmanChris SeemanGregory E. SterlingLoren T. StuckenbruckEibert TigchelaarEugene UlrichAnnewies van den HoekJames C. VanderKamJurgen K. Zangenberg

The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought (Paperback): Katell Berthelot, Joseph E. David, Marc... The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought (Paperback)
Katell Berthelot, Joseph E. David, Marc Hirshman
R1,699 Discovery Miles 16 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The gift of the land of Israel by God is an essential element in Jewish identity, religiously and politically. That the gift came at the expense of the local Canaanites has stimulated deep reflections and heated debate in Jewish literature, from the creation of the Bible to the twenty-first century. The essays in this book examine the theological, ethical, and political issues connected with the gift and with the fate of the Canaanites, focusing on classical Jewish texts and major Jewish commentators, legal thinkers, and philosophers from ancient times to the present.

The Future of Rome - Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian Visions (Hardcover, New Ed): Jonathan J Price, Katell Berthelot The Future of Rome - Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian Visions (Hardcover, New Ed)
Jonathan J Price, Katell Berthelot
R2,671 Discovery Miles 26 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How was the future of Rome, both near and distant in time, imagined by different populations living under the Roman Empire? It emerges from this collection of essays by a distinguished international team of scholars that Romans, Greeks, Jews and Christians had strikingly different answers to that question, revealing profound differences in their conceptions of history and historical time, the purpose of history, the meaning of written words and oral traditions. It is also argued that practically no one living under Rome's rule, including the Romans themselves, did not think about the question in one form or another.

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