The Civic World Of Professional Associations In The Roman East
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The Civic World Of Professional Associations In The Roman East
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Author : Onno M. van Nijf
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-01-16
The Civic World Of Professional Associations In The Roman East written by Onno M. van Nijf and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-16 with History categories.
Nijf, Onno M. van The Civic World of Profesional Associations in the Roman East 1997 This study examines the mentalité of craftsmen and traders in the Greek cities of the Roman empire through the epigraphic evidence for their membership of private associations based on shared profession. It places these associations firmly in the context of the civic world of the cities in which they were active. The author argues that such inscriptions are not straightforward and unproblematic records of reality, but rather were important elements in the strategies of self-definition practised by these associations. Epigraphic commemoration was used to transform private activities into public events; epitaphs and honorific inscriptions spoke a public language which aimed to present the associations of craftsmen and traders as status groups alongside other, well-established groups. The author investigates how successful the members of professional associations were in this form of epigraphic self-fashioning, through a discussion of their role in public ceremonial. The associations were present in public banquets and distributions, they took part in public processions, and they had reserved seats in theatres and stadia of the cities. Professional associations can thus be seen as taking their place in the hierarchy of status groups which made up the Greek city under Roman rule. This book makes an important contribution to the study of private sociability in the ancient world; it sheds new light on the nature of civic life in the Greek cities of the Roman empire; and it proposes a new approach to reading epigraphy.
Private Associations And Jewish Communities In The Hellenistic And Roman Cities
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Author : Dr. Benedikt Eckhardt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-07-01
Private Associations And Jewish Communities In The Hellenistic And Roman Cities written by Dr. Benedikt Eckhardt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with Religion categories.
In 'Private Associations and Jewish Communities in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities', Benedikt Eckhardt brings together a group of experts to investigate a problem of historical categorization. Traditionally, scholars have either presupposed that Jewish groups were "Greco-Roman Associations" like others or have treated them in isolation from other groups. Attempts to begin a cross-disciplinary dialogue about the presuppositions and ultimate aims of the respective approaches have shown that much preliminary work on categories is necessary. This book explores the methodological dividing lines, based on the common-sense assumption that different questions require different solutions. Re-introducing historical differentiation into a field that has been dominated by abstractions, it provides the debate with a new foundation. Case studies highlight the problems and advantages of different approaches.
Private Associations In The Ancient Greek World
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Author : Vincent Gabrielsen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-30
Private Associations In The Ancient Greek World written by Vincent Gabrielsen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-30 with History categories.
"Private associations abounded in the ancient Greek world and beyond, and this volume provides the first large-scale study of the strategies of governance which they employed. Emphasis is placed on the values fostered by the regulations of associations, the complexities of the private-public divide (and that divide's impact on polis institutions) and the dynamics of regional and global networks and group identity. The attested links between rules and religious sanctions also illuminate the relationship between legal history and religion. Moreover, possible links between ancient associations and the early Christian churches will prove particularly valuable for scholars of the New Testament. The book concludes by using the regulations of associations to explore a novel and revealing aspect of the interaction between the Mediterranean world, India and China. Vincent Gabrielsen is Professor of Ancient History at the SAXO-Institute of the University of Copenhagen. He specialises in Greek and Hellenistic history and epigraphy and was Director of 'The Copenhagen Associations Project' and is now Director of 'The Rhodes Centennial Project'. Mario C.D. Paganini is a Postdoc Research Associate at the Austrian Academy of Science"--
In The Shadow Of The Caesars Jewish Life In Roman Italy
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Author : Samuele Rocca
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-09-19
In The Shadow Of The Caesars Jewish Life In Roman Italy written by Samuele Rocca and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-19 with Religion categories.
This volume presents a refreshing and comprehensive study of the history of the Jews living in Rome and in Roman Italy, focusing on a diachronic study of Jewish society and its interaction with its immediate social and cultural surroundings.
Paul S Macedonian Associations
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Author : Richard S. Ascough
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Paul S Macedonian Associations written by Richard S. Ascough and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Religion categories.
Richard Ascough uses Greco-Roman associations as a comparative model for understanding early Christian community organization, with specific attention to Paul’s Macedonian Christian communities.
For I Was Hungry And You Gave Me Food
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Author : Carol B. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-02-17
For I Was Hungry And You Gave Me Food written by Carol B. Wilson and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-17 with Religion categories.
In the first century, endemic food shortages left 25 percent of the population below subsistence level and another 30 percent at risk of slipping below subsistence. In the face of such serious food shortages, the Gospel of Matthew advocates for a society in which all people can have access to sufficient food. Matthew critiques first-century practices and attitudes of both aristocrats and peasants that helped or hindered that goal. It does this by depicting Jesus teaching and performing positive practices that provided the Matthean community with an example to emulate, as well as condemning some negative practices and attitudes. For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food provides a pragmatic lens and a new descriptive paradigm of food access in the first century. The perspective and model are useful for analyzing passages concerned with life-and-death issues of the Matthean community--or situations for any other Christian community, past or present. Should not every person have enough food to sustain physical life?
Roman Palmyra
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Author : Andrew M. Smith II
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-02
Roman Palmyra written by Andrew M. Smith II and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-02 with History categories.
In social, economic, and cultural terms, the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire was vastly complex, which has fueled considerable debate among scholars concerning the nature of the interactions between Romans and natives in the Near East. Notions of imperialism, specifically "cultural" imperialism, frame much of the debate. Through a detailed analysis of Palmyrene identity and community formation, Andrew M. Smith II presents a social and political history of Roman Palmyra, the oasis city situated deep in the Syrian Desert midway between Damascus and the Euphrates river. This city-state is unique in the ancient world, since it began as a humble community, probably no more than an isolated village, and grew--due in part to its role in the caravan trade--into an economically powerful, cosmopolitan urban center of Graeco-Roman character that operated outside of Roman rule, yet under Roman patronage. The book therefore focuses on two aspects of Palmyrene civilization during the first three centuries of the Common Era: the emergence and subsequent development of Palmyra as a commercial and political center in the desert frontier between Rome and Parthia (and later Persia), and the "making" of Palmyrenes. This study is thus concerned with the creation, structure, and maintenance of Palmyrene identity and that of Palmyra as an urban community in a volatile frontier zone. The history of Palmyra's communal development would be wholly obscure were it not for the archaeological and epigraphic materials that testify to Palmyrene achievements and prosperity at home and abroad. These, complemented by the literary evidence, also provide insight into the relatively obscure historical process of sedentarization and of the relationships between pastoral and sedentary communities in the Roman Near East. In addition to examining Palmyra as a frontier community, the book will move beyond Syria to explore the development and maintenance of Palmyrene identity in diaspora settings in Italy, north Africa, and Europe. This study is thus concerned with the creation, structure, and maintenance of Palmyrene identity and that of Palmyra as an urban community in a volatile frontier zone.
Local Knowledge And Microidentities In The Imperial Greek World
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Author : Tim Whitmarsh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-07-22
Local Knowledge And Microidentities In The Imperial Greek World written by Tim Whitmarsh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-22 with History categories.
A reappraisal of current ideas about Greek identity under the Roman empire, first published in 2010.
Work Labour And Professions In The Roman World
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-10-11
Work Labour And Professions In The Roman World written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-11 with History categories.
Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World offers new insights, ideas and interpretations on the role of labour and human resources in the Roman economy. The book approaches labour not only as an economic phenomenon, but gives attention also to work as social and cultural phenomenon.
Paul In The Greco Roman World A Handbook
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Author : J. Paul Sampley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-06
Paul In The Greco Roman World A Handbook written by J. Paul Sampley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-06 with Religion categories.
This landmark handbook, written by distinguished Pauline scholars, and first published in 2003, remains the first and only work to offer lucid and insightful examinations of Paul and his world in such depth. Together the two volumes that constitute the handbook in its much revised form provide a comprehensive reference resource for new testament scholars looking to understand the classical world in which Paul lived and work. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular social convention, literary of rhetorical topos, social practice, or cultural mores of the world in which Paul and his audiences were at home. In addition, the sections use carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particularly features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perception of them. For the new edition all the contributions have been fully revised to take into account the last ten years of methodological change and the helpful chapter bibliographies fully updated. Wholly new chapters cover such issues as Paul and Memory, Paul's Economics, honor and shame in Paul's writings and the Greek novel.