The Jewish revolt against Rome : interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Mladen Popović.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 154
• TeilnehmendeR: Popović, Mladen.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 154.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (484 p.)
• Notes: "This volume contains ... papers ... originally presented at a conference ... held on 21-22 October, 2010, at ... the University of Groningen."--Introd.

The Jewish revolt against Rome in the first century C.E. provides ancient historians the opportunity to study one of the best-documented provincial revolts in the early Roman Empire. This volume brings together different disciplines, some for the first time. The contributors draw from a wide range of literary, archaeological, documentary, epigraphic and numismatic sources. The focus is on historiographical and methodological reflections on our sources, their nature and the sort of historical questions they allow us to answer. This volume combines fields of research that should not be pursued in isolation from each other if we wish to further our understanding of the Jewish revolt’s historical context.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- The Jewish Revolt against Rome: History, Sources and Perspectives / Mladen Popović -- Provincial Revolts in the Early Roman Empire / Greg Woolf -- Die römischen Repräsentanten in Judaea: Provokateure oder Vertreter der römischen Macht? / Werner Eck -- Identity Politics in Early Roman Galilee / Andrea M. Berlin -- Not Greeks but Romans: Changing Expectations for the Eschatological War in the War Texts from Qumran / Brian Schultz -- Going to War against Rome: The Motivation of the Jewish Rebels / James S. McLaren -- What is History? Using Josephus for the Judaean-Roman War / Steve Mason -- Rebellion under Herod the Great and Archelaus: Prominent Motifs and Narrative Function / Jan Willem van Henten -- Josephus, the Herodians, and the Jewish War / Julia Wilker -- Josephus on Albinus: The Eve of Catastrophe in Changing Retrospect / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Philosophia epeisaktos: Some Notes on Josephus, A.J. 18.9 / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Who Were the Sicarii? / Uriel Rappaport -- A Reconsideration of Josephus’ Testimony about Masada / Jodi Magness -- Coinage of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome: Iconography, Minting Authority, Metallurgy / Robert Deutsch -- Identifying the Mints, Minters and Meanings of the First Jewish Revolt Coins / Donald T. Ariel -- The Jewish Population of Jerusalem from the First Century bornc.e. to the Early Second Century c.e.: The Epigraphic Record / Jonathan J. Price -- The Jewish War and the Roman Civil War of 68–69 c.e.: Jewish, Pagan, and Christian Perspectives / George H. van Kooten -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.