| The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism, 66-2000 CE 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Aberbach, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333764587 ISBN-13: 9780333764589 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Ancient - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.82 lbs) 170 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this controversial book, the authors show how the Roman-Jewish wars were precipitated partly by Jewish demographic and religious expansion and by conflict with the Greeks and their culture. They argue that the trauma and humiliation of defeat, stimulated Jewish cultural growth, particularly in Hebrew, during and after the wars. This culture was an implicit rejection of Graeco-Roman civilization and values in favour of a more exclusivist religious-cultural nationalism. This form of nationalism, though unique in the ancient world, anticipates more recent cultural-national movements of defeated peoples. |