Jewish and Christian communal identities in the Roman world / / edited by Yair Furstenberg.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume 94
• TeilnehmendeR: Furstenberg, Yair,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Volume 94.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 pages).
• Notes: Includes indexes.

Jews and Christians under the Roman Empire shared a unique sense of community. Set apart from their civic and cultic surroundings, both groups resisted complete assimilation into the dominant political and social structures. However, Jewish communities differed from their Christian counterparts in their overall patterns of response to the surrounding challenges. They exhibit diverse levels of integration into the civic fabric of the cities of the Empire and display contrary attitudes towards the creation of trans-local communal networks. The variety of local case studies examined in this volume offers an integrated image of the multiple factors, both internal and external, which determined the role of communal identity in creating a sense of belonging among Jews and Christians under Imperial constraints.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Shared Dimensions of Jewish and Christian Communal Identities / Yair Furstenberg -- The Ptolemaic and Roman Definitions of Social Categories and the Evolution of Judean Communal Identity in Egypt / Sylvie Honigman -- The Roman State and Jewish Diaspora Communities in the Antonine Age / Martin Goodman -- Civic Identity and Christ Groups / John S. Kloppenborg -- Organized Charity in the Ancient World: Pagan, Jewish, Christian / Pieter W. van der Horst -- The Fourth Book of Maccabees in a Multi-Cultural City / Tessa Rajak -- Rome and Alexandria: Why was there no Jewish Politeuma in Rome? / Daniel R. Schwartz -- From Text to Community: Methodological Problems of Reconstructing Communities behind Texts / Jörg Frey -- Lycaonian Christianity under Roman Rule and their Jewish-Christian Tradition / Cilliers Breytenbach -- The Jewish Community in Egypt before and after 117 ce in Light of Old and New Papyri / Tal Ilan -- Jewish Communities in the Roman Diaspora: Why Salo Baron Still Matters? / Seth Schwartz -- “You are a Chosen Stock . . .”: The Use of Israel Epithets for the Addressees in First Peter / Lutz Doering -- Author Index -- General Index.