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Military service and the integration of jews into the Roman Empire / by Raúl González-Salinero

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022

1 Online-Ressource (X, 222 Seiten) : Illustrationen

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Military service and the integration of Jews into the Roman empire. - Leiden : Brill, 2022. - X, 222 Seiten

978-90-04-50725-8 electronic book

Weitere Ausgaben: 9789004506756 (Druckausgabe) print

DOI: 10.1163/9789004507258

Preliminary Material / / Raúl González Salinero

Copyright Page / / Raúl González Salinero

Dedication / / Raúl González Salinero

Preface / / Raúl González Salinero

Introduction / / Raúl González Salinero

Chapter 1 Jewish Military Service in Hellenistic Armies / / Raúl González Salinero

Chapter 2 Jewish Exemptions from Military Service in the Late Republic and the Augustan Principate / / Raúl González Salinero

Chapter 3 Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Army during the High Empire / / Raúl González Salinero

Chapter 4 During the Later Roman Empire / / Raúl González Salinero

Conclusion / / Raúl González Salinero

Appendix 1 Violence and the Use of Arms on Sabbath / / Raúl González Salinero

Appendix 2 The Inscription of Rufinus the Soldier, from the Via Appia Pignatelli Catacomb (Rome) / / Raúl González Salinero

Appendix 3 A Critical Rereading of the Inscription of Flavia Optata Found in Concordia / / Raúl González Salinero

Prosopographic Map / / Raúl González Salinero

Sources / / Raúl González Salinero

Bibliography / / Raúl González Salinero

Analytical Index / / Raúl González Salinero.

*Römisches Reich

*Jewish soldiers -- Italy -- Rome -- History ; Jews -- History, Military ; Rome -- Ethnic relations ; Rome -- History, Military -- Religious aspects ; Rome -- History, Military -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: U35

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 355.009456/32;

Book Industry Communication: HRJP

bisacsh: REL 040010

"According to Raúl González Salinero, the plurality of religious expressions within Judaism prior to the predominance of the rabbinical current disproves the assumption according to which some Jewish customs and precepts (especially the Sabbath) prevented Jews from joining the Roman army without renouncing their ancestral culture. The military exemption occasionally granted to the Jews by the Roman authorities was compatible with their voluntary enlistment (as it was in the Hellenistic armies) in order to obtain Roman citizenship. As the sources attest, Judaism did not pose any insurmountable obstacle to integration of the Jews into the Roman world. They achieved a noteworthy presence in the Roman army by the fourth century CE, at which time the Church's influence over imperial power led to their exclusion from the militia armata"--

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