Jewish Rights in the Roman World
The Greek and Roman Documents Quoted by Josephus Flavius
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2020
520 pages
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Die Autorin präsentiert die übersetzten und kommentierten Texte der griechischen und römischen Dokumente zum Thema der jüdischen Rechte, die von Josephus Flavius zitiert wurden. Sie untersucht diese auf ihre Echtheit und Bedeutung im Kontext der römisch-jüdischen Beziehungen. Dazu vergleicht sie den Inhalt von Josephus' Dokumenten und die zeitgenössischen Inschriften und Papyri. Diese Materialien tragen nicht nur wesentlich zu unserem Verständnis der Echtheit der Dokumente bei, sondern auch zur Lösung juristischer und chronologischer Probleme bei. Mit ihrer Hilfe läßt sich feststellen, inwieweit Juden im Vergleich zu anderen Völkern, die unter römischer Herrschaft lebten, Sonderrechte genossen.
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Content
- Cover
- Titel
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One
- I. The Evidence of Greek Inscriptions and Papyri
- 1. Documents Written in the Republican Period
- a. Decrees Issued by Roman Magistrates
- b. Senatus Consulta
- c. Letters Written by Roman Magistrates
- d. Decrees Issued by the Councils of Greek Cities
- 2. Documents Written in the Imperial Period
- a. Imperial Edicts
- b. Edicts Issued by Roman Prefects
- II. The Greek and Roman Documents Dealing with the Jewish Rights Quoted by Josephus
- Introduction
- Ant. XIV, 185-189. Josephus's Introductory Comments
- 1. Ant. XIV, 190-195. Caesar's Letter to Sidon, Accompanying an Alleged Decree Concerning Hyrcanus II
- Ant. XIV, 196. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 2. Ant. XIV, 196-198. Fragment of a Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decree
- 3. Ant. XIV, 199. Fragment of a Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decree
- 4. Ant. XIV, 200-201. Fragment of a Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decisions
- 5. Ant. XIV, 202-210. Fragment of a Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decision
- 6. Ant. XIV, 211-212. Fragment of a Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decision
- 7. Ant. XIV, 213-216. Letter Possibly Written by Octavian Concerning Delian Jews
- Ant. XIV, 217-218. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 8. Ant. XIV, 219-222. Senatus Consultum Confirming Caesar's Decisions After His Death
- Ant. XIV, 223-224. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 9. Ant. XIV, 225-227. Letter of the Proconsul P. Cornelius Dolabella to Ephesus
- Ant. XIV, 228. Josephus' Closing Comments
- 10. Ant. XIV, 228-229. First Version of the Roman Jews' Exemption from Military Service at Ephesus by the Consul Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
- 11. Ant. XIV, 230. Letter of the Legate and Propraetor Titus Ampius Balbus to Ephesus
- 12. Ant. XIV, 231-232. Proposal for a Decree Made by the Magistrates of Delos
- Ant. XIV, 232. Josephus' Closing Comments
- 13. Ant. XIV, 234. Second Version of the Roman Jews' Exemption from Military Service at Ephesus by the Consul Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
- 14. Ant. XIV, 235. Letter by the Proquaestor and Propraetor Lucius Antonius to Sardis
- 15. Ant. XIV, 236-237. Declaration by Roman Persons Concerning the Background of Lentulus' Exemption of Roman Jews from Military Service
- 16. Ant. XIV, 237-240. Third Version of the Roman Jews' Exemption from Military Service at Ephesus by the Consul Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
- 17. Ant. XIV, 241-243. Letter of the Magistrates of Laodicea
- 18. Ant. XIV, 244-246. Letter of a Roman Proconsul to Miletus
- 19. Ant. XIV, 256-258. Decree Issued by the People of Halicarnassus
- 20. Ant. XIV, 259-261. Decree Issued by the People of Sardis
- 21. Ant. XIV, 262-264. Decree Issued by the People of Ephesus
- Ant. XIV, 265-267. Josephus' Closing Comments
- Ant. XVI, 160-161. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 22. Ant. XVI, 162-165. Edict Issued by Augustus Concerning Asian Jews
- Ant. XVI, 165. Josephus' Closing Comments
- 23. Ant. XVI, 166. Mandatum Sent by Augustus to Norbanus Flaccus
- Ant. XVI, 166. Josephus' Closing Comments
- Ant. XVI, 167. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 24. Ant. XVI, 167-168. Letter of Agrippa to Ephesus
- 25. Ant. XVI, 169-170. Letter of Agrippa to Cyrene
- 26. Ant. XVI, 171. Letter of Gaius Norbanus Flaccus to Sardis
- Ant. XVI, 172. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 27. Ant. XVI, 172-173. Letter of Jullus Antonius to Ephesus
- Ant. XVI, 174-178. Josephus' Closing Comments
- Ant. XIX, 278-279. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 28. Ant. XIX, 280-285. Edict Issued by Claudius Concerning Alexandrian Jews
- Ant. XIX, 286. Josephus' Comments
- 29. Ant. XIX, 287-291. Edict Issued by Claudius Concerning "the Rest of the World"
- Ant. XIX, 292. Josephus' Closing Comments
- Ant. XIX, 300-302. Josephus' Introductory Comments
- 30. Ant. XIX, 303-311. Publius Petronius' Letter of Dora
- Ant. XIX, 312. Josephus' Closing Comments
- III. Conclusions
- 1. Character and Features of the Documents Quoted by Josephus
- 2. Josephus' Approach to His Sources
- IV. Table of the Jewish Rights According to the Documents Quoted by Josephus
- 1. Julius Caesar's Time
- 2. From Caesar's to Claudius' Time
- Part Two
- I. Did Bronze Tablets Concerning Jewish Rights Really Exist?
- 1. The Testimony of Josephus
- 2. The Testimony of Inscriptions
- II. The Problem of Josephus' Sources
- 1. Literary Sources
- a. Nicolaus of Damascus
- b. Agrippa I
- c. Philo
- 2. Archives
- a. Roman Archives
- b. The Archives of the Jewish Diaspora
- c. How Did the Documents Reach Josephus?
- III. The Right to Follow Jewish Customs and Laws
- 1. From the Persian Period to the Beginning of Roman Rule
- 2. Julius Caesar's Time
- 3. The Confirmations: from Antonius' to Claudius' days
- 4. What the Right "to Live According to Jewish Laws and Customs" Meant in Practice
- IV. The Geographical and Chronological Validity of the Jewish Rights
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Geographical Validity
- 3. Chronological Validity
- V. Were the Jewish Rights a Privilege in the Roman World?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Which Jewish Rights Were Actual Privileges?
- 3. The Right to Live "According to the Jewish Customs and Laws"
- 4. The Right to Send Money to the Temple of Jerusalem
- 5. The Jews and the Imperial Cult
- 6. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Indexes
- 1. Sources
- 2. Important Greek Words
- 3. Personal Names
- 4. Names of Peples
- 5. Geographical Names
- 6. Selected Topics
