The Jerusalem Temple and Emperor Julian’s “Invention of Tradition”

Emperor Julian based his attempt to rebuild the Jerusalem temple in the spring of 363 CE on a version of Judaism that constitutes an “invented tradition” per the theoretical construct developed by Eric Hobsbawm and others in The Invention of Tradition (1983). Julian envisioned the rebuilt temple as...

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Main Author: Brodd, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
In: Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 68-81
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BE Greco-Roman religions
BH Judaism
CA Christianity
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Jerusalem Temple
B invention of traditions
B Roman emperor
B Julian
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