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Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

By Alexei M. Sivertsev

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
1107009081, 9781107009080
LCC
BM615 .S58 2011
Google Books ID
lrKRgCv2uE0C
Open Library ID
OL24827783M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1642001 bytes)
Pages
256\256
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
Религиоведение;Религиоведение иудаизма;История иуд

Description

This book explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of messianic themes in Judaism in the fifth through the eight centuries CE. It pays special attention to the ways in which Roman imperial ideology and imperial eschatology influenced Jewish representations of the Messiah and messianic age. Topics addressed in the book include: representations of the Messianic kingdom of Israel as a successor to the Roman Empire, the theme of imperial renewal in Jewish eschatology and its Roman parallels, representations of the emperor in late antique literature and art and their influence on the representations of the Messiah, the mother of the Messiah in late antique and Byzantine cultural contexts, and the figure of the last Roman Emperor in Christian and Jewish tradition.

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