Kimberley Czajkowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 1531026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberley Czajkowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberley |
| FAMILY NAME | Czajkowski |
| SIGNATURE | CZAJKOWSKI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3009-205X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jewish Studies and Roman studies
The Jewish Wars, the Roman Emperors, and Their Impact
This chapter examines the Jewish revolts in Judaea and their consequences, taking into account their impact on the attitudes of Roman emperors. The primary effects were not on the entire Near East but on Judaea specifically as the host of the Great Revolt and the Bar Kochba uprising. Several key consequences are examined: first, the changes in Judaea’s administration from an appendage to the province of Syria before ad 66 to, eventually, an indep…
Resolving Disputes in Second Century BCE Herakleopolis
The Need for Rabbinic Nomikoi
Yair Furstenberg, in his article “The Rabbinic Movement from Pharisees to Provincial Jurists” ( DOI : 10.1163/15700631-bja10070), draws parallels between the rise of the rabbinic movement and jurists in other Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. This response considers how far we may push the comparison, especially with regard to the stimuli behind the changes in rabbinic activities that Furstenberg posits
Herod in History
'Herod in History' takes a modern, source-critical approach to Josephus' 'Jewish War' and 'Jewish Antiquities' to show how it relied heavily on Nicolaus of Damascus lost 'Universal History', and reassesses Nicolaus's contribution to the historiography of Herod the Great's reign
Legal Strategies of Judaeans in Herakleopolis, Middle Egypt, according to the Archives of the Politeuma
In this article, we examine the evidence from the archive of the politeuma of Judaeans at Herakleoplis (P. Polit. Iud.) to delineate Judaean legal strategies in Middle Egypt in the Ptolemaic era. We argue that the politeuma is best understood in its developed form as a social network that facilitated interaction between its members, others within the region and the Ptolemaic state. Its court provided a legal forum not only for politeuma members, …
Law in the Roman Provinces
The Limits of Legal Pluralism in the Roman Empire
The Roman empire was legally pluralistic. But what exactly does this entail in concrete terms? With the growth in historical studies of legal pluralism in the Roman empire, some significant differences in approach have emerged. This article tests and clarifies some of the limits in the current ‘legal pluralism’ conceptual landscape, focussing on disputes and dispute resolution. It is argued that a clearer distinction should be drawn between ‘norm…
Law, Status And Agency in the Roman Provinces
This article re-introduces the study of law in the Roman provinces into debates on Romanization ‘from the periphery’, bringing together evidence from both the Eastern and Western parts of the empire. The focus is on individuals who used Roman law in their private dealings before the Constitutio Antoniniana (212 CE): how they used Roman law, why they did so, and whether or not their usage can be regarded as the kind of provincial agency that has b…
The Roman Officials
It is argued that the presence of the Roman governor had a far-reaching effect on how the litigants conducted their cases, both in and out of court. The use of the Roman court system was, therefore, rather more complex than just appeal in the hope of judgment. In fact, it was probable that these litigants engaged in private negotiations at the same time as they pursued justice through the Roman system. The motivation behind such behaviour lay in …
Lost and Stolen Property at Qumran
This article examines the procedure concerning lost and stolen property that we find in cd-a 9:8-16, with a particular focus on the “oath of adjuration” or “oath-curse” in this passage. This is placed first in the context of the biblical material which, it has long been recognised, had a considerable impact on the formulation of this procedure. The primary focus, however, is on examining the way in which the oath of adjuration was envisaged to fu…
Localized Law
In the early second century CE, two Jewish women, Babatha and Salome Komaise, lived in the village of Maoza on the southern coast of the Dead Sea. This was first part of the Nabataean Kingdom, but came under direct Roman rule in 106 CE as part of the province of Roman Arabia. The archives these two women left behind not only provide a tantalizing glimpse into their legal lives and those of their families, but also offer a vivid window onto the wa…
Localized Law
In the early second century CE, two Jewish women, Babatha and Salome Komaise, lived in the village of Maoza on the southern coast of the Dead Sea. This was first part of the Nabataean Kingdom, but came under direct Roman rule in 106 CE as part of the province of Roman Arabia. The archives these two women left behind not only provide a tantalizing glimpse into their legal lives and those of their families, but also offer a vivid window onto the wa…
Lost and Stolen Property at Qumran
This article examines the procedure concerning lost and stolen property that we find in cd-a 9:8-16, with a particular focus on the “oath of adjuration” or “oath-curse” in this passage. This is placed first in the context of the biblical material which, it has long been recognised, had a considerable impact on the formulation of this procedure. The primary focus, however, is on examining the way in which the oath of adjuration was envisaged to fu…
Localized Law
In the early second century CE, two Jewish women, Babatha and Salome Komaise, lived in the village of Maoza on the southern coast of the Dead Sea. This was first part of the Nabataean Kingdom, but came under direct Roman rule in 106 CE as part of the province of Roman Arabia. The archives these two women left behind not only provide a tantalizing glimpse into their legal lives and those of their families, but also offer a vivid window onto the wa…
The Roman Officials
It is argued that the presence of the Roman governor had a far-reaching effect on how the litigants conducted their cases, both in and out of court. The use of the Roman court system was, therefore, rather more complex than just appeal in the hope of judgment. In fact, it was probable that these litigants engaged in private negotiations at the same time as they pursued justice through the Roman system. The motivation behind such behaviour lay in …
Law, Status And Agency in the Roman Provinces
This article re-introduces the study of law in the Roman provinces into debates on Romanization ‘from the periphery’, bringing together evidence from both the Eastern and Western parts of the empire. The focus is on individuals who used Roman law in their private dealings before the Constitutio Antoniniana (212 CE): how they used Roman law, why they did so, and whether or not their usage can be regarded as the kind of provincial agency that has b…
The Limits of Legal Pluralism in the Roman Empire
The Roman empire was legally pluralistic. But what exactly does this entail in concrete terms? With the growth in historical studies of legal pluralism in the Roman empire, some significant differences in approach have emerged. This article tests and clarifies some of the limits in the current ‘legal pluralism’ conceptual landscape, focussing on disputes and dispute resolution. It is argued that a clearer distinction should be drawn between ‘norm…
Legal Strategies of Judaeans in Herakleopolis, Middle Egypt, according to the Archives of the Politeuma
In this article, we examine the evidence from the archive of the politeuma of Judaeans at Herakleoplis (P. Polit. Iud.) to delineate Judaean legal strategies in Middle Egypt in the Ptolemaic era. We argue that the politeuma is best understood in its developed form as a social network that facilitated interaction between its members, others within the region and the Ptolemaic state. Its court provided a legal forum not only for politeuma members, …
Law in the Roman Provinces
Herod in History
'Herod in History' takes a modern, source-critical approach to Josephus' 'Jewish War' and 'Jewish Antiquities' to show how it relied heavily on Nicolaus of Damascus lost 'Universal History', and reassesses Nicolaus's contribution to the historiography of Herod the Great's reign
The Need for Rabbinic Nomikoi
Yair Furstenberg, in his article “The Rabbinic Movement from Pharisees to Provincial Jurists” ( DOI : 10.1163/15700631-bja10070), draws parallels between the rise of the rabbinic movement and jurists in other Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. This response considers how far we may push the comparison, especially with regard to the stimuli behind the changes in rabbinic activities that Furstenberg posits
The Jewish Wars, the Roman Emperors, and Their Impact
This chapter examines the Jewish revolts in Judaea and their consequences, taking into account their impact on the attitudes of Roman emperors. The primary effects were not on the entire Near East but on Judaea specifically as the host of the Great Revolt and the Bar Kochba uprising. Several key consequences are examined: first, the changes in Judaea’s administration from an appendage to the province of Syria before ad 66 to, eventually, an indep…
Resolving Disputes in Second Century BCE Herakleopolis
Jewish Studies and Roman studies
History (9 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Roman Empire (5 works) · Empire (4 works)