The specter of the Jews : Emperor Julian and the rhetoric of ethnicity in Syrian Antioch /

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"In the generation after Constantine the Great elevated Christianity to a dominant position in the Roman Empire, his nephew, the Emperor Julian, sought to reinstate the old gods to their former place of prominence--in the face of intense opposition from the newly powerful Christian church. In e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finkelstein, Ari, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Julian, > Emperor of Rome, > 331-363 > Religion.
Julian, > Emperor of Rome, > 331-363
70-638
Jews > Middle East > History > 70-638.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Jews
Religion
Rome > History > Julian, 361-363.
Rome > Histoire > 361-363 (Julien)
Middle East
Rome (Empire)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Emperor Julian's Jewish gambit
  • Julian's Hellenizing program and the Jews
  • Setting the stage : Hellenes, Christians, and Jews in cosmopolitan Antioch
  • Hebrews, Jews, and Judeans : Julian's ethnographic arguments and his Hellenizing campaign
  • Propitiating the gods, saving the empire : the place of Jewish sacrifice in Emperor Julian's Hellenizing program
  • A priestly nation : the institution of the Jewish priesthood as a model for Julian's priestly program
  • The god of Jerusalem and his temple
  • Creating and maintaining holy space in Antioch
  • Conclusions : Antioch in the aftermath of Julian
  • Appendix : the letter to the community of the Jews.

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