Imperialism and Jewish Society, 200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E. - Seth Schwartz

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii

ABBREVIATIONS ix

Introduction 1

PART I:THE JEWS OF PALESTINE TO 70C.E.

ONE

Politics and Society 19

TWO

Religion and Society before 70C.E.

PART II:JEWS IN PALESTINE FROM 135 TO 350 101

THREE

Rabbis and Patriarchs on the Margins 103

FOUR

Jews or Pagans? The Jews and the Greco-Roman Cities of Palestine 129

FIVE

The Rabbis and Urban Culture 162

PART III:SYNAGOGUE AND COMMUNITY FROM 350 TO 640 177

SIX

Christianization 179

SEVEN

A Landscape Transformed 203

EIGHT

Origins and Diffusion of the Synagogue 215

NINE

Judaization 240

TEN

The Synagogue and the Ideology of Community 275

Conclusion 291

SELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHY 293

INDEX 317