Jews and entertainment in the ancient world
Cover -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section One: The Herodian Period -- Chapter One: Departing from Native Customs: Josephan Rhetoric on Herodian Games -- Chapter Two: The Background of the Jerusalem Games: Were Greek and Roman Spectacles Reall...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section One: The Herodian Period -- Chapter One: Departing from Native Customs: Josephan Rhetoric on Herodian Games -- Chapter Two: The Background of the Jerusalem Games: Were Greek and Roman Spectacles Really Foreign to Jewish Custom? -- Chapter Three: Playing Roman in Jerusalem: Symbols of Power and the Past -- Section Two: Theaters, Amphitheaters and Stadia in Roman Palestine -- Chapter Four: In the Wake of the Wars: Becoming Spectators in Roman Palestine -- Chapter Five: Spectacle and Identity in Roman Palestine and the Jewish Diaspora -- Section Three: Rabbis and Roman Spectacle -- Chapter Six: Sitting with Scorners: Early Rabbinic Attitudes to Roman Spectacle -- Chapter Seven: Still Sitting with Scorners: Later Rabbinic Attitudes Towards Roman Spectacle -- Chapter Eight: Performance and Piety: Theaters and Synagogues in Later Rabbinic Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Texts -- Modern Authors -- Subject Index. |
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| ISBN: | 3161577035 |