Military service and the integration of Jews into the Roman empire / / Raúl González-Salinero.

• Superior document: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ; 72
• VerfasserIn: González Salinero, Raúl,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 72.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource x, 222 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Preface /; Introduction /; Chapter 1 Jewish Military Service in Hellenistic Armies /; Chapter 2 Jewish Exemptions from Military Service in the Late Republic and the Augustan Principate /; Chapter 3 Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Army during the High Empire /; Chapter 4 During the Later Roman Empire /; Conclusion /; Appendix 1 Violence and the Use of Arms on Sabbath /; Appendix 2 The Inscription of Rufinus the Soldier, from the Via Appia Pignatelli Catacomb (Rome) /; Appendix 3 A Critical Rereading of the Inscription of Flavia Optata Found in Concordia /; Prosopographic Map /; Sources /; Bibliography /; Analytical Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004507258; 9004507256 (electronic bk.)
• ISSN: 1571-5000
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Raúl González-Salinero.

"According to Raúl González Salinero, the plurality of religious expressions within Judaism prior to the predominance of the rabbinical current disproves the assumption according to which some Jewish customs and precepts (especially the Sabbath) prevented Jews from joining the Roman army without renouncing their ancestral culture. The military exemption occasionally granted to the Jews by the Roman authorities was compatible with their voluntary enlistment (as it was in the Hellenistic armies) in order to obtain Roman citizenship. As the sources attest, Judaism did not pose any insurmountable obstacle to integration of the Jews into the Roman world. They achieved a noteworthy presence in the Roman army by the fourth century CE, at which time the Church's influence over imperial power led to their exclusion from the militia armata"--