Jews In The Roman World by Michael Grant (PDF)

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In describing the triangular relationship among the Jews, the Romans and the Greeks, Michael Grant treats one of the most significant themes in world history.Unlike almost all the other subject nations of the Roman empire, the Jews have survived and have maintained a religious and cultural identity that is substantially unchanged. They provide a unique bridge with the ancient world and can bring us into peculiarly close and intimate contact with life in the Roman empire.This book embraces the period in which the Jewish religion assumed virtually its final form, and in which Jews launched their two heroic, but disastrous revolts against Roman rule. This was, moreover, the time when Judaism gave birth to Christianity. Within a century after the death of Jesus, his followers had become completely independent of Judaism. Michael Grant describes the grandeur of the great multiracial Roman empire, beneath whose rule these stirring and unique developments took place.

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⭐I greatly enjoyed the book as it does clarify some of the biblical situations regarding the struggle between Jews and Christians during the time period. Michael Grant is an outstanding author and historian, but there does appear to be a little bias when dealing with Christian history when compared to Jewish history, but that’s alright. Honesty is what’s needed, and this book provides an honest historical approach rather than a merely religious one which is the reason why it remains on my bookshelf.

⭐The more we think things have changed, the more they are just a rehash of the past with a different side salad. Marx spoke against wealth and landownership is no different to the Pharisees speaking against the wealthy landowners, the Sudducees. The Arab Idumaens who converted to Judaism were detested by the ‘pure’ blood Jews of Judea. These Arabs have now converted to Islam, and still the fighting continues. There has always been fighting between the many ethnic groups in the Middle East and will continue. Trying to blame this or that is pointless. They have to decide whether they want a life of peace or war.

⭐Excellent background material on the Roman world. Worked well when contemplating Paul’s letter to the Romans also.

⭐Great History…Michael Grant is one of my favorite writers of history

⭐good book

⭐This book is illuminating. It’s exposes the dynamics that existed during this time of history. It defines the names, motives and factional politics within a context of what the whole picture consisted of.

⭐A+++

⭐Michael Grant wrote a number of widely read histories on classical antiquity geared toward the lay reader. With The Jews in the Roman World, Grant provides an overview of the history of the peoples who adhered to the Jewish faith in the classical period and specifically those living in the region of ancient Israel. Although Grant frequently refers to events involving Jewish groups residing outside the boundaries of ancient Israel, including the powerful Jewish groups in Egypt and Parthia, his primary focus is on the history of the various ethnic groups that practiced some form of Judaism and resided in what was once greater Israel (including the Samaritans, Galileans, Idumaeans, and later, the Judeo-Christians), with a special emphasis on the Judeans.Grant begins his history with a prologue in which he introduces the ancestral land of the peoples he intends to describe and briefly addresses the traditions (and history) that informed their culture. His prologue is packed with interesting observations. He explains, for example, how the Judeans came to see themselves as ethnically and religiously distinct from the Samaritans. Grant’s history starts in earnest with the Maccabaean revolt that secured Judea’s independence from the Seleucids and then proceeds to describe the rise of Roman dominion.Grant’s history of the early Roman period includes an account of Herod the Great’s reign and the development of Judeo-Christianity. He includes a chapter on St. Paul and his efforts to alter Judaism, which eventually led to a complete break between Judaism and Judeo-Christianity. Grant then proceeds to relate the history of the two great Jewish revolts against Roman rule and the Roman destruction of the Jewish homeland. He also describes the development of rabbinical Judaism after the destruction of the temple. Grant closes his book with chapters on the Jewish peoples in the later pagan and Christian empires.Although Grant first wrote this history in 1973 (I read the Dorset Press Edition published in 1984), it remains a useful introduction to the history of the Jews in Roman antiquity. Grant’s prose is clear and concise and his gift for describing complicated historical events in a manner that is accessible to lay readers is evident throughout the work. Grant also includes notes and a bibliography that are helpful–if dated. Because this is a general history, there are a considerable number of gaps in the narrative and Grant avoids discussing some of the more contentious areas implicated in his history. (Grant’s discussion of St. Paul’s mission and theology, for example, is superficial and suggests that St. Paul’s efforts–and Christianity in general–were detrimental to the Jewish peoples. The interested reader would be better served by Udo Schnelle’s

⭐.) Nevertheless, I enjoyed Grant’s history and believe that it is still a worthwhile read for persons interested generally in the Roman Empire, Jewish History, and early Christianity.

⭐well worth it , a comprehensive account of the Roman period in the Levant written with a deep understanding of religious sentiments .

⭐Livre très fouillé, écrit par un érudit qui a une profonde connaissance des mondes Romain et Juif antiques. Et des conséquences qui en ont résultées dans le monde Occidental.

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