Jerusalem Against RomeWhile conquering the world, Rome encountered a great number of peoples around the Mediterranean. We know very little about how these populations viewed their conquerors. The Jews were the only people to offer a comprehensive view of Rome over a great span of time. They expressed it in a rich corpus of Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic sources, reflecting the evolution of the relations between Jews and Romans: from alliance and friendship to tensions and revolt, culminating for the Jews in temporary compliance to foreign domination together with hopeful expectations for redemption. The image of Rome which emerges from apocryphal, Talmudic and Midrashic literature durably shaped the Jewish political, moral and eschatological vision of the world and history. |
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... political regime From friendship to idealised image II . Deterioration in the Jews ' perception of Rome after 63 BCE 1. The emergence of anti - Roman literature The Psalms of Solomon . The Kittim of the Qumran documents The Third Sibyl ...
... political regime From friendship to idealised image II . Deterioration in the Jews ' perception of Rome after 63 BCE 1. The emergence of anti - Roman literature The Psalms of Solomon . The Kittim of the Qumran documents The Third Sibyl ...
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... political counsellors The Emperor's personality . CHAPTER III FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS , HISTORIAN OF THE ROMAN VICTORY OVER ... Politics versus mystics . CHAPTER IV ROME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE IN JEWISH SOURCES BETWEEN THE END OF THE ...
... political counsellors The Emperor's personality . CHAPTER III FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS , HISTORIAN OF THE ROMAN VICTORY OVER ... Politics versus mystics . CHAPTER IV ROME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE IN JEWISH SOURCES BETWEEN THE END OF THE ...
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... Political power 1. The emperor , a " flesh and blood king " 3. Provincial administration 133 . 135 • 140 • · . 144 144 148 • 152 • . 157 160 • 164 166 • 167 • 168 173 . 182 . 183 189 . .193 194 . 196 198 207 . 209 210 220 222 4. Local ...
... Political power 1. The emperor , a " flesh and blood king " 3. Provincial administration 133 . 135 • 140 • · . 144 144 148 • 152 • . 157 160 • 164 166 • 167 • 168 173 . 182 . 183 189 . .193 194 . 196 198 207 . 209 210 220 222 4. Local ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
FROM FRIENDSHIP TO DISILLUSIONMENT | 7 |
ROME BEFORE 66 B C E AS SEEN BY PHILO | 41 |
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS HISTORIAN OF | 75 |
265 | 92 |
Popular beliefs and magic practices | 103 |
ROME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF | 111 |
The punishment of Rome and the return of Nero | 122 |
Signs of loyalism | 284 |
From conciliation to resignation | 293 |
THE IMAGE OF PAGANISM AND THE | 305 |
Biblical accusations | 316 |
ROMAN RELIGION THROUGH THE RABBI | 325 |
The question of the imperial cult | 348 |
THE MORAL IMAGE OF ROME | 365 |
The exception and the rule | 378 |
The cause of the destruction of the Temple | 152 |
The events of Hadrians reign | 167 |
From Antonine the Pious to Diocletian | 193 |
CONSCIOUSNESS OF ROMAN POWER | 207 |
Provincial administration | 219 |
207 | 244 |
Military power | 260 |
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