Bibliograph

The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism, by Moshe Aberbach, David Aberbach

Type

Label

The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism, by Moshe Aberbach, David Aberbach

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

860620247

Responsibility statement

by Moshe Aberbach, David Aberbach

Series statement

Springer

Summary

In this controversial book, the authors show how the Roman-Jewish wars were precipitated partly by Jewish demographic and religious expansion and by conflict with the Greeks and their culture. They argue that the trauma and humiliation of defeat, stimulated Jewish cultural growth, particularly in Hebrew, during and after the wars. This culture was an implicit rejection of Graeco-Roman civilization and values in favour of a more exclusivist religious-cultural nationalism. This form of nationalism, though unique in the ancient world, anticipates more recent cultural-national movements of defeated peoples.--, Provided by publisher

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