Martial and the fiscus Iudaicus once more

That the fiscus Iudaicus was used to fund the Roman temple known as Jupiter Capitolinus is a commonly accepted fact in social histories of Judaism during the Principate. After discussing the tenuous evidentiary basis for this claim, this article suggests an additional datum in its favor. Namely, one...

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Main Author: Zeichmann, Christopher B. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2015]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2015, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-117
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
HD Early Judaism
TD Late Antiquity
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Summary:That the fiscus Iudaicus was used to fund the Roman temple known as Jupiter Capitolinus is a commonly accepted fact in social histories of Judaism during the Principate. After discussing the tenuous evidentiary basis for this claim, this article suggests an additional datum in its favor. Namely, one of Martial's epigrams (11.94) makes a peculiar reference to the temple of the ‘Thunderer’ that may be previously unrecognized evidence for the temple's funding.
ISSN:0951-8207
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820715621198