Haggai Olshanetsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1188457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Haggai Olshanetsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Haggai |
| FAMILY NAME | Olshanetsky |
| SIGNATURE | OLSHANETSKY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1110-7781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Misconception of Comparing Gaza and Cilician Wines Through the Use of LRA 1 and LRA 4, and the Methodological Restrictions of Comparing Military and Civilian Sites
The economy is central to an empire’s military and overall sustainability. This interdependence, especially in the Roman Empire, has drawn significant scholarly attention. However, research methodologies in this area often remain underexplored and flawed. This article examines assumptions linking Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) to Cilician wine and military supply via the Annona militaris, and Late Roman Amphora 4 (LRA 4) to Gaza wine and civilian m…
Turning the tables
This article will reassess the commonly called ‘Temple cleansing’ incident and its causes. This will be done by analyzing the event through a broader prism, including the historical context of the event, while taking into consideration commerce, culture, currency, and other factors in 30 CE Judea. This re-examination leads to the proposal that the familiar story’s past explanations and interpretations suffered from the different attempts to find …
Olympia Bobou & Rubina Raja. 2023. Palmyrene Sarcophagi (Studies in Palmyrene Archaeology and History 10), 2 vols. Turnhout
Mapping Changes in Settlement Number and Demography in the South of Israel from the Hellenistic to the Early Islamic Period
The south of Israel was lately at the heart of a debate regarding the supposed catastrophic effects of the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) and the Justinianic plague. The current article aims to contribute to this debate by examining the fluctuations in settlement numbers in the south of modern-day Israel, between the Hellenistic and Early Islamic periods. It will do this by aggregating archaeological survey data, mapping it on ArcGIS and ana…
Were There Jewish Gladiators? A Re-Evaluation of the Available Archaeological and Textual Evidence
The participation of Jews in the arena, especially as gladiators, has received relatively little attention. The few articles written on this matter suggest that Jews were both spectators and participants. The present paper relates to all previously suggested indications for the existence of Jewish gladiators and also introduces new ones. Although the possibility that Jewish gladiators were active in the first–fourth centuries CE cannot be ruled o…
Logistics and Crises
The current article wishes to focus on receipts and reports from Roman Egypt in order to reconstruct the bureaucratic procedures in this region or, more precisely, the bureaucratic procedures of the Roman military logistical system, from the unit level and upwards. This examination will aid in understanding the complexity of the Roman system and the Roman mindset, while highlighting how the lack of modern technology was overcome to maintain a hig…
The Identity of the Leaders of the Second Jewish Revolt and Bar Koseba's True Role in the Insurrection
Greek Inscriptions on the East Bank
The Best Evidence for Jewish Service in the Roman Army
This article aims to re-examine the exemptions from military service that were given to the Jews in the Late Republic, conserved to us in Josephus' writings. The extent of these exemptions and their number are part of a long, extensive scholarly debate. This article wishes to prove that there were only two original exemptions, one issued by Lentulus and one by Julius Caesar, that were limited in their extent, and that there was never a general ex…
Keeping Kosher
The Jewish religion, especially its dietary laws, has been seen as an obstacle to Jewish military service in the armies of the Roman Empire and, thus, is used as a main argument by scholars who deny that Jews served in the Roman army in any considerable numbers. The current essay is the first to examine this claim. Its first part shows that Jews would not have been unique among ethnic army recruits in having dietary restrictions, while the second…
Global Perspectives on Landscapes of Warfare
The Arch of Titus
The Israelite-Judaean Military Service in the Armies of Assyria
The Israelite-Judaean Military Service in the Armies of Assyria has not been fully discussed, and this article is an attempt to offer a fuller picture of this phenomenon. This article is composed of two parts. The first will concentrate and discuss all the evidence we have for Israelite and Judaean units that were absorbed into the Assyrian army, which will be used as a foundation for the second half of the article. All this will attempt to show …
Rescue the Surviving Souls
Do We Really Have Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Gladiators
In the past, it has been suggested that Jews were both participants and spectators in the gladiatorial games. Yet, all the materials presented to prove the existence of Jewish gladiators seem to be less conclusive than what the authors deem them to be. The present article wishes to re-examine all the archaeological evidence which was considered as proof for the existence of Jewish gladiators. The evidence will be re-examined individually, as well…
Logistics and Crises
The current article wishes to focus on receipts and reports from Roman Egypt in order to reconstruct the bureaucratic procedures in this region or, more precisely, the bureaucratic procedures of the Roman military logistical system, from the unit level and upwards. This examination will aid in understanding the complexity of the Roman system and the Roman mindset, while highlighting how the lack of modern technology was overcome to maintain a hig…
The Identity of the Leaders of the Second Jewish Revolt and Bar Koseba's True Role in the Insurrection
The Israelite-Judaean Military Service in the Armies of Assyria
The Israelite-Judaean Military Service in the Armies of Assyria has not been fully discussed, and this article is an attempt to offer a fuller picture of this phenomenon. This article is composed of two parts. The first will concentrate and discuss all the evidence we have for Israelite and Judaean units that were absorbed into the Assyrian army, which will be used as a foundation for the second half of the article. All this will attempt to show …
Rescue the Surviving Souls
Do We Really Have Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Gladiators
In the past, it has been suggested that Jews were both participants and spectators in the gladiatorial games. Yet, all the materials presented to prove the existence of Jewish gladiators seem to be less conclusive than what the authors deem them to be. The present article wishes to re-examine all the archaeological evidence which was considered as proof for the existence of Jewish gladiators. The evidence will be re-examined individually, as well…
The Best Evidence for Jewish Service in the Roman Army
This article aims to re-examine the exemptions from military service that were given to the Jews in the Late Republic, conserved to us in Josephus' writings. The extent of these exemptions and their number are part of a long, extensive scholarly debate. This article wishes to prove that there were only two original exemptions, one issued by Lentulus and one by Julius Caesar, that were limited in their extent, and that there was never a general ex…
Keeping Kosher
The Jewish religion, especially its dietary laws, has been seen as an obstacle to Jewish military service in the armies of the Roman Empire and, thus, is used as a main argument by scholars who deny that Jews served in the Roman army in any considerable numbers. The current essay is the first to examine this claim. Its first part shows that Jews would not have been unique among ethnic army recruits in having dietary restrictions, while the second…
Global Perspectives on Landscapes of Warfare
The Arch of Titus
Were There Jewish Gladiators? A Re-Evaluation of the Available Archaeological and Textual Evidence
The participation of Jews in the arena, especially as gladiators, has received relatively little attention. The few articles written on this matter suggest that Jews were both spectators and participants. The present paper relates to all previously suggested indications for the existence of Jewish gladiators and also introduces new ones. Although the possibility that Jewish gladiators were active in the first–fourth centuries CE cannot be ruled o…
Logistics and Crises
The current article wishes to focus on receipts and reports from Roman Egypt in order to reconstruct the bureaucratic procedures in this region or, more precisely, the bureaucratic procedures of the Roman military logistical system, from the unit level and upwards. This examination will aid in understanding the complexity of the Roman system and the Roman mindset, while highlighting how the lack of modern technology was overcome to maintain a hig…
The Identity of the Leaders of the Second Jewish Revolt and Bar Koseba's True Role in the Insurrection
Greek Inscriptions on the East Bank
Olympia Bobou & Rubina Raja. 2023. Palmyrene Sarcophagi (Studies in Palmyrene Archaeology and History 10), 2 vols. Turnhout
Mapping Changes in Settlement Number and Demography in the South of Israel from the Hellenistic to the Early Islamic Period
The south of Israel was lately at the heart of a debate regarding the supposed catastrophic effects of the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) and the Justinianic plague. The current article aims to contribute to this debate by examining the fluctuations in settlement numbers in the south of modern-day Israel, between the Hellenistic and Early Islamic periods. It will do this by aggregating archaeological survey data, mapping it on ArcGIS and ana…
The Misconception of Comparing Gaza and Cilician Wines Through the Use of LRA 1 and LRA 4, and the Methodological Restrictions of Comparing Military and Civilian Sites
The economy is central to an empire’s military and overall sustainability. This interdependence, especially in the Roman Empire, has drawn significant scholarly attention. However, research methodologies in this area often remain underexplored and flawed. This article examines assumptions linking Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) to Cilician wine and military supply via the Annona militaris, and Late Roman Amphora 4 (LRA 4) to Gaza wine and civilian m…
Turning the tables
This article will reassess the commonly called ‘Temple cleansing’ incident and its causes. This will be done by analyzing the event through a broader prism, including the historical context of the event, while taking into consideration commerce, culture, currency, and other factors in 30 CE Judea. This re-examination leads to the proposal that the familiar story’s past explanations and interpretations suffered from the different attempts to find …
Archaeology and Historical Studies (12 works) · History (12 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (6 works) · Judaism (6 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (4 works) · Law (4 works)