RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN ROMAN PALESTINE: OLD QUESTIONS, NEW APPROACHES; ED. BY DOUGLAS R. EDWARDS

This collection of papers combines important archaeological and textual evidence to examine diverse aspects of religion and society in Roman Palestine. A range of international experts provide an unprecedented look at issues of acculturation, assimilation and the preservation of difference in the multicultural climate of Palestine in the Roman period. Key themes include: \* the nature of ethnicity and ritual \* the character of public and private space in Jewish society \* the role of gender and space \* the role of peasants \* the impact of Roman rule \* ritual and the regional framework of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. __Religion and Society in Roman Palestine__ will be relevant to ancient historians, interpreters of the historical Jesus and subsequent Jesus movements, and those interested in the development of Judaism from Qu'ran to the rabbis.

This collection of papers combines important archaeological and textual evidence to examine diverse aspects of religion and society in Roman Palestine.

A range of international experts provide an unprecedented look at issues of acculturation, assimilation and the preservation of difference in the multicultural climate of Palestine in the Roman period.

Key themes include:

* the nature of ethnicity and ritual
* the character of public and private space in Jewish society
* the role of gender and space
* the role of peasants
* the impact of Roman rule
* ritual and the regional framework of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Religion and Society in Roman Palestine will be relevant to ancient historians, interpreters of the historical Jesus and subsequent Jesus movements, and those interested in the development of Judaism from Qu'ran to the rabbis.

"This collection of papers combines important archaeological and textual evidence to examine diverse aspects of religion and society in Roman Palestine. A range of international experts provides an unprecedented look at issues of acculturation, assimilation and the preservation of difference in the multicultural climate of Palestine in the Roman period. Key themes include the nature of ethnicity and ritual, the character of public and private space in Jewish society, the role of gender and space, the role of peasants, the impact of Roman rule, and ritual and the regional framework of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls." "Religion and Society in Roman Palestine will be relevant to ancient historians, interpreters of the historical Jesus and subsequent Jesus movements, and those interested in the development of Judaism from Qumran to the rabbis."--BOOK JACKET. Annotation This collection of papers combines important archaeological and textual evidence to examine diverse aspects of religion and society in Roman Palestine. A range of international experts provide an unprecedented look at issues of acculturation, assimilation and the preservation of difference in the multicultural climate of Palestine in the Roman period. Key themes include:*the nature of ethnicity and ritual* the character of public and private space in Jewish society* the role of gender and space*the role of peasants* the impact of Roman rule* ritual and the regional framework of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Religion and Society in Roman Palestinewill be relevant to ancient historians, interpreters of the historical Jesus and subsequent Jesus movements, and those interested in the development of Judaism from Qu'ran to the rabbis Constructing the world of Roman Palestine / Douglas R. Edwards First century Jewish Galilee / Mordechai Aviam Jewish settlement in the southeastern Hula Valley in the first century C.E. / Idan Shaked, Dina Avshalom-Gorni The Galilean response to earliest Christianity / Milton Moreland Language and writing in early Roman Galilee / Esther Eshel, Douglas R. Edwards Dionysos and Herakles in Galilee / Sean Freyne The first-century synagogue / Lee Levine City coins and Roman power in Palestine / Mark Chancey Imagined households / Cynthia Baker Gender, difference and everyday life / Miriam Peskowitz Why scroll jars? / Jodi Magness Qumran and the Dead Sea scrolls / Magen Broshi, Hanan Eshel Opening up our view / Jurgen Zangenberg A collection of papers focussing on the contributions made by archaeology to the understanding of society in Palestine in the Roman period. The papers enable the two ways of evidence to interact in an unprecedented way