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 o...

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.