Jewish Identity in the Greco-Roman World
Jörg Frey, Daniel R. Schwartz, Stephanie Gripentrog
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articles discuss various aspects of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman
period. Was there a common 'Jewish' identity, and how could it be
defined? How could different groups develop and maintain their identity
within the challenge of Hellenistic and early Roman culture? What about
the images of 'others'? How could some of those 'others' adopt a Jewish
lifestyle or identity, whereas others, abandoned their inherited
identity? Among the questions discussed are the translation of Ioudaios,
Jewish and universal identity in Philo, the status of women and their
conversion to Judaism, the participation of non-Jews in the temple cult,
the practice of Emperor worship in Judaea, and the image of Egypt and
the Nile as 'others' in Philo. Two articles enter the debate whether
Jewish identity had an ongoing influence within early Christianity, in
Paul and in the rules known as the Apostolic Decree.
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