Ethnicity in the Ancient world - did it matter?

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Were Barbarians Barbaric? -- 2 Herodotus and Greekness -- 3 The Racial Judgments of Polybius -- 4 Rome’s Multiple Identities and Tangled Perspectives -- 5 Constructed Ethnicities in Republican Italy -- 6 The Chosen Peop...

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Auteur principal: Gruen, Erich S. 1935- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2020]
Dans:Année: 2020
Recensions:[Rezension von: Gruen, Erich S., 1935-, Ethnicity in the Ancient world - did it matter?] (2021) (Boyd, Samuel L.)
[Rezension von: Gruen, Erich S., 1935-, Ethnicity in the Ancient world - did it matter?] (2021) (Witte, Markus, 1964 -)
[Rezension von: Gruen, Erich S., 1935-, Ethnicity in the Ancient world - did it matter?] (2021) (Paget, James Carleton, 1966 -)
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Grèce antique (Antiquité) / Römisches Reich / Juifs / Ethnicité
Sujets non-standardisés:B RELIGION / Ancient
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Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Were Barbarians Barbaric? -- 2 Herodotus and Greekness -- 3 The Racial Judgments of Polybius -- 4 Rome’s Multiple Identities and Tangled Perspectives -- 5 Constructed Ethnicities in Republican Italy -- 6 The Chosen People and Mixed Marriages -- 7 Did Hellenistic Jews Consider Themselves a Race or a Religion? -- 8 Philo and Jewish Ethnicity -- 9 The Ethnic Vocabulary of Josephus -- 10 The Racial Reflections of Paul -- 11 Christians as a “Third Race”? -- 12 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary source index -- General Index
This study raises that difficult and complicated question on a broad front, taking into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources, including Herodotus, Polybius, Cicero, Philo, and Paul. It approaches the topic of ethnicity through the lenses of the ancients themselves rather than through the imposition of modern categories, labels, and frameworks. A central issue guides the course of the work: did ancient writers reflect upon collective identity as determined by common origins and lineage or by shared traditions and culture?
This study approaches the topic of ethnicity through the lenses of the ancients themselves rather than through the imposition of modern categories. It takes into account the expressions and attitudes of a wide variety of Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian sources. A central issue guides the course of the work: did ancient writers reflect upon collective identity as determined by common origins or by shared traditions and culture?
Type de support:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:3110685655
Accès:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110685657