State and Society in Roman Galilee (1983 Goodman), book
State and Society in Roman Galilee (1983) is a book by Martin Goodman.
Abstract
"This is an examination of Jewish society and administration in Galilee in the time between the Bar Kokhba war and the proclamation of universal Roman citizenship in CE 212. It offers an overview of the customs and structure of a village society, and the rabbinical authority ... Drawing on the large corpus of extant rabbinic writings, Goodman (Jewish studies, Oxford U.) describes the formation of rabbinic Judaism in the second century that has shaped Judaism ever since. He argues that the development of the independent and unique Jewish culture of Late Roman Palestine was encouraged by the Roman methods of administration."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1983. First British edtion published in London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2000.