Language:
English
Year of publication:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2005) 63-78
Keywords:
Herodian dynasty,
;
Jews History 70-638
;
Rome History Flavians, 69-96
;
Judea (Region) (Israel) History 70-325 A.D., Roman period
Abstract:
Focusing on the political relationship between Judea and Rome, examines why Agrippa II, a staunch ally of Vespasian and Titus during the Great Revolt, was never rewarded with the kingship of Judea. The answer, according to Schwartz, lies in the Flavian portrayal of Judea as a conquered territory. This was illustrated by Vespasian’s coinage featuring the legend Iudaea capta. Schwartz argues that "Judea" ceased to be an official designation, and its territory started to be referred to as ‘Idumaea’ or ‘Palaestina’. He then weighs in on the debate over translating Iudaeus as ‘Judean’ or as ‘Jew’. In his view, while Graeco-Roman usage originally designated an ethnicity connected with a geographical region (as in ‘Judean’), the word took on a broader meaning (‘Jew’) when the Judean diaspora began to grow; Judean religious attributes became the most distinctive marker of their cultural uniqueness.
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