The Boundaries of Jewishness in the Southern Levant 200 BCE–132 CE: Power, Strategies, and Ethnic Configurations

John Van Maaren

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Boundaries of Jewishness in the Southern Levant 200 BCE–132 CE

Power, Strategies, and Ethnic Configurations

John Van Maaren

Volume 118 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110787450

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Recent research has considered how changing imperial contexts influence conceptions of Jewishness among ruling elites (esp. Eckhardt, Ethnos und Herrschaft, 2013). This study integrates other, often marginal, conceptions with elite perspectives. It uses the ethnic boundary making model, an empirically based sociological model, to link macro-level characteristics of the social field with individual agency in ethnic construction. It uses a wide range of written sources as evidence for constructions of Jewishness and relates these to a local-specific understanding of demographic and institutional characteristics, informed by material culture. The result is a diachronic study of how institutional changes under Seleucid, Hasmonean, and Early Roman rule influenced the ways that members of the ruling elite, retainer class, and marginalized groups presented their preferred visions of Jewishness. These sometimes-competing visions advance different strategies to maintain, rework, or blur the boundaries between Jews and others. The study provides the next step toward a thick description of Jewishness in antiquity by introducing needed systematization for relating written sources from different social strata with their contexts.

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John Van Maaren, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1 Introduction and Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Jewishness under the Seleucids (200–129 BCE) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3 Jewishness under the Hasmoneans (129–63 BCE) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
4 Jewishness under the Romans (63 BCE–132 CE) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
5 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
6 Appendix 1 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index of ancient sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index of modern authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Judaist/-innen, Neutestamentler/-innen, Altertumswissenschaftler/-innen.
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 316
Illustrations
- Tables: 11
Keywords: Hasmoneans; Herod the Great; Antiochus IV; Historical Sociology

eBook

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110787450

Hardcover

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110787382