This book explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of Messianic themes in Judaism in the fifth through the eight centuries CE. It pays special attention to the ways in which Roman imperial ideology and imperial eschatology influenced Jewish representations of the Messiah and Messianic age. Topics addressed in the book include: representations of the Messianic kingdom of Israel as a successor to the Roman Empire, the theme of imperial renewal in Jewish eschatology and its Roman parallels, representations of the emperor in late antique literature and art and their influence on the representations of the Messiah, the mother of the Messiah in late antique and Byzantine cultural contexts, and the figure of the last Roman Emperor in Christian and Jewish tradition.
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Introduction; 1. Esau, Jacob's brother; 2. Coronation in the temple; 3. Mother of the Messiah; 4. Renovatio imperii; 5. King Messiah; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Bibliography.
Explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of Messianic themes in Judaism.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781107009080
Publisert
2011-06-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Biographical note

Alexei M. Sivertsev is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. He is the author of Households, Sects, and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism (2005) and Private Households and Public Politics in 3rd–5th Century Jewish Palestine (2002). His articles have appeared in Catholic Biblical Quarterly and the Journal of Early Christian Studies.