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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Raúl González Salinero -- Copyright Page / Raúl González Salinero -- Dedication / Raúl González Salinero -- Preface / Raúl González Salinero -- Introduction / Raúl González Salinero -- Chapter 1 Jewish Military Service in Hellenistic Armies / Raúl González Salinero -- Chapter 2 Jewish Exemptions from Military Service in the Late Republic and the Augustan Principate / Raúl González Salinero -- Chapter 3 Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Army during the High Empire / Raúl González Salinero -- Chapter 4 During the Later Roman Empire / Raúl González Salinero -- Conclusion / Raúl González Salinero -- Appendix 1 Violence and the Use of Arms on Sabbath / Raúl González Salinero -- Appendix 2 The Inscription of Rufinus the Soldier, from the Via Appia Pignatelli Catacomb (Rome) / Raúl González Salinero -- Appendix 3 A Critical Rereading of the Inscription of Flavia Optata Found in Concordia / Raúl González Salinero -- Prosopographic Map / Raúl González Salinero -- Sources / Raúl González Salinero -- Bibliography / Raúl González Salinero -- Analytical Index / Raúl González Salinero.