The First Jewish Revolt (2002 Berlin/Overman), edited volume
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The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, History, and Ideology is a volume edited by Andrea Berlin and J. Andrew Overman.
Abstract
"The First Jewish Revolt against Rome is arguably the most decisive event in the history of Judaism and Christianity. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE by the Roman General Titus forced a transformation in structure and form for both of these fraternal religions. Yet despite its importance, little has been written on the First Revolt, its causes, implications and the facts surrounding it ... In this volume, Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman have gathered the foremost scholars on the period to discuss and debate this pivotal historical event. The contributions explore both Roman and Jewish perspectives on the Revolt, looking at its history and archaeology, and finally examining the ideology and interpretation of the revolt in subsequent history and myth."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in England and the United States (London / New York, NY: Routledge, 2002).
Table of contents
- Current scholarship on the First Revolt / Martin Goodman
- Roman perspectives on the Jews in the age of the Great Revolt / Erich S. Gruen
- Revolt from a regional perspective / Seán Freyne
- Romanization and anti-Romanization in pre-Revolt Galilee / Andrea M. Berlin
- Phoenicians and Jews: A ceramic case-study / Dina Avshalom-Gorni and Nimrod Getzov
- Power vacuum and power struggle in 66-7 C.E. / Richard A. Horsley
- Sepphoris: city of peace / Eric M. Meyers
- Yodefat/Jotapata: The Archaeology of the First Battle / Mordechai Aviam
- Gamla: City of Refuge / Danny Syon
- Documents of the First Jewish Revolt from the Judean desert / Hanan Eshel
- Jewish Millenarian Expectations / Tessa Rajak
- In the Footsteps of the Tenth Roman Legion in Judea / Jodi Magness
- First Revolt and Flavian Politics / J. Andrew Overman
- Good from Evil: The Rabbinic Response / Anthony J. Saldarini
- First Revolt and Its Afterlife / Neil Asher Silberman