Romans and Jews

Bibliographic Data

ID23718709
AuthorsErich S Gruen (corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages423-436
Publication date2014-08-11
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueA Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781118834312.ch28
OpenAlexW1541431083
ISBN9781118834312
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This chapter explores the mutual perceptions of Romans and Jews in the period of the Roman Republic and the first centuries of the Empire. It surveys a range of representations and constructs that each people framed of the other. The chapter examines various authors and texts on both sides that render generally unfavorable or hostile verdicts. It also asks the question of how far these statements and characterizations grow out of ethnic attitudes or constitute judgments on ethnicity. Analysis of the principal ancient testimony offers an interpretation different from the prevailing view of the role of ethnicity and the construct of identity in relations between Romans and Jews.

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Construct (python library) · Empire · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Genealogy · Identity (music) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Perception · Period (music) · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy

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