ISBN:
9789004418936
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (VII, 238 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism volume 59
Series Statement:
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419094
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon, 1948 - Social stratification of the Jewish population of Roman Palestine in the period of the Mishnah, 70-250 CE
Keywords:
Jews History 70-638
;
Jews Economic conditions
;
Römerzeit
;
Juden
;
Soziale Schichtung
;
Palestine Antiquities
;
Palestine Economic conditions
;
Palestine History 70-638
;
Palestine Social conditions
;
Palästina
;
Palästina
;
Juden
;
Soziale Schichtung
;
Römerzeit
Abstract:
"This book analyzes Jewish society in Roman Palestine in the time of the Mishnah (70-250 CE) in a systematic way, carefully delineating the various economic groups living therein, from the destitute, to the poor, to the middling, to the rich, and to the superrich. It gleans the various socioeconomic strata from the terminology employed by contemporary literary sources via contextual, philological, and historical-critical analysis. It also takes a multidisciplinary approach to analyze and interpret relevant archeological and inscriptional evidence as well as numerous legal sources. The research presented herein shows that various expressions in the sources have latent meanings that indicate socioeconomic status. "Rich," for example, does not necessarily refer to the elite, and "poor" does not necessarily refer to the destitute. Jewish society consisted of groups on a continuum from extremely poor to extremely rich, and the various middling groups played a more important role in the economy than has hitherto been thought"
DOI:
10.1163/9789004418936
URL:
URL des Erstveröffentlichers
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