Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
a specific provision in a decree or decision of the polis(see, e.g., IEph728, 3079, guilds at Ephesus; IGRIV 788–791, guilds at ...
an exception than the rule. There, linen-workers were consciously excluded from participation in the polis.Dio’s response (Or.34 ...
a very prominent feature of gymnasium life for members of citizen fami- lies. Jews also could participate in the life of the gym ...
leads the people to piety; for at the same time there springs up in the minds of the masses a strong disposition to believe that ...
honour the goddess: “There is danger...that the temple of the great god- dess Artemis will be scorned, and she will be deprived ...
of study in the past. Hopefully, I have shown how pervasively and fre- quently the predominant model of decline has, in the past ...
with the political organs, and participation within social and cultural insti- tutions, including gymnasia and theatres. We also ...
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INTRODUCTION The general topic of this book is religious rivalry. It has become apparent, however, that “rivalry” does not cover ...
we can speak of friendly rivalry as we can of intense competition or inter- action, and that a lot depends on the nuance we give ...
which has been applied to the early Christian movement, most notably by Rodney Stark (1996). In essence, Stark argues, Christian ...
prefer it.) This can become complicated, because one group’s defector could become another’s convert, in which case defection an ...
sure, but Antiochus, at least, did so willingly. We do not know why. Jose- phus says that Antiochus was the son of a prominent A ...
rator 46–48 CE, second-in-command to Titus at the end of the Jewish War), and, perhaps, the prefecture of the Praetorian Guard ( ...
tra Apionem(2.123). John M.G. Barclay (1995a, 120) observes that Jose- phus may have considered it politic not to label Tiberius ...
drink, delicate foods, and the enjoyment of another’s beauty (eumorphias), the last of which may refer to marriage to a Gentile. ...
it was not a pressing issue for him (Feldman 1993a, 77–79), or because it was sufficiently significant that the wise course was ...
These epitaphs appear to be for men who once had been Jews but now were Christians. Their Jewish origin is indicated by their na ...
DEFECTION FROM CHRISTIANITY For our first Christian example, we may appropriately start with an unusual group: the Jewish Christ ...
the author’s judgment that their initial support amounted to a denial of Jesus Christ. At first, they may have thought that they ...
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