Samuele Rocca
Biographic Data
| ID | 4448267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuele Rocca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuele |
| FAMILY NAME | Rocca |
| SIGNATURE | ROCCA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ariel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3900-8037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Maccabees and the Gymnasium
This paper focuses on the fate of the gymnasium in the wake of the Maccabean Revolt. While the vast majority of scholars postulate that the gymnasium was destroyed by the Maccabees, no such statement is made by any of the sources. The gymnasium’s fate is not mentioned in the narration of Judah’s conquest of Jerusalem, nor in the description of Jonathan or Simon’s successive sieges and eventually conquest the Acra, the fortress where the Seleucid …
Menelaus, non-Aaronite priest in pre-Maccabean Jerusalem
This article explores the possibility that Menelaus, the Jewish high priest, was not of Aaronic descent. While in 2 Macc. 3:4–6 Simon, Menelaus’ brother, is described as being ‘from the tribe of Benjamin’, most scholars, relying on a few versions of the Old Latin, argue that it should instead be translated as ‘from the priestly clan of Bilgah’. And yet a careful examination of the surviving versions of the Old Latin reveals that ‘Bilgah’ appears …
Fighting, Rescuing, and Building
The contribution of Jewish volunteers from Mandate Palestine who fought in the Jewish Brigade in Italy during and after World War II was threefold. First, they served militarily as members of the Allied Forces fighting Nazi Germany. Second, they rescued thousands of Jewish refugees. Third, they helped Italian Jews reconstruct their communities and Jewish life, which had been destroyed during the war. However, as this article aims to show, the con…
Herod's Judaea
Samuel Rocca analyzes the Herodian society. Herod, though a Jewish ruler, regarded both Alexander the Great - the embodiment of the Hellenistic ruler - and Augustus as sources of inspiration for his rule. He pushed Judaea towards major Hellenization.
Herod's Judaea
Samuel Rocca presents an in - depth analysis of Herodian society. The most important facet of this analysis was the relationship between Herod as ruler and the Jewish subjects over whom he ruled. Yet to understand the relationship between Herod and his subjects, between ruler and ruled, it is necessary, as part of the general background, to undertake a general analysis of Herodian Judaea and its relationship with the classical world, beginning wi…
Herod's Judaea
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Herod's Judaea
Samuel Rocca analyzes the Herodian society. Herod, though a Jewish ruler, regarded both Alexander the Great - the embodiment of the Hellenistic ruler - and Augustus as sources of inspiration for his rule. He pushed Judaea towards major Hellenization.
Herod's Judaea
Samuel Rocca presents an in - depth analysis of Herodian society. The most important facet of this analysis was the relationship between Herod as ruler and the Jewish subjects over whom he ruled. Yet to understand the relationship between Herod and his subjects, between ruler and ruled, it is necessary, as part of the general background, to undertake a general analysis of Herodian Judaea and its relationship with the classical world, beginning wi…
Herod's Judaea
Fighting, Rescuing, and Building
The contribution of Jewish volunteers from Mandate Palestine who fought in the Jewish Brigade in Italy during and after World War II was threefold. First, they served militarily as members of the Allied Forces fighting Nazi Germany. Second, they rescued thousands of Jewish refugees. Third, they helped Italian Jews reconstruct their communities and Jewish life, which had been destroyed during the war. However, as this article aims to show, the con…
The Maccabees and the Gymnasium
This paper focuses on the fate of the gymnasium in the wake of the Maccabean Revolt. While the vast majority of scholars postulate that the gymnasium was destroyed by the Maccabees, no such statement is made by any of the sources. The gymnasium’s fate is not mentioned in the narration of Judah’s conquest of Jerusalem, nor in the description of Jonathan or Simon’s successive sieges and eventually conquest the Acra, the fortress where the Seleucid …
Menelaus, non-Aaronite priest in pre-Maccabean Jerusalem
This article explores the possibility that Menelaus, the Jewish high priest, was not of Aaronic descent. While in 2 Macc. 3:4–6 Simon, Menelaus’ brother, is described as being ‘from the tribe of Benjamin’, most scholars, relying on a few versions of the Old Latin, argue that it should instead be translated as ‘from the priestly clan of Bilgah’. And yet a careful examination of the surviving versions of the Old Latin reveals that ‘Bilgah’ appears …
Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient History (2 works) · Antiquity (2 works) · Herod (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish History (2 works)