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Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
160

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1971, Greenwood Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Roman religious policy.
Exclusive character of Roman citizenship
Roman religion in relation to citizenship
The problem of new divinities
The private citizen and the worship of unauthorized divinities
Existence of a law punishing such worship is disputed
The persecution of Christianity in relation to previous persecutions
The crime of Lese Religion : question of its existence
Conclusion : Application to Judaism
Judaea.
Judaism originally a national system rather than a religion
Changes in character of Judaism resulting from its passage from East to West
Effects of Faedus on Jews in Rome and in the East
Existence of the Jewish "Nation" in the restricted sense of term
The Diaspora : east and west.
National character of Jewish settlement in the Greek cities
Jewish community in Rome compared with that of Alexandria or Antioch
Effect of this political evolution on the social and religious life of the Jews
Judaism as religio licita.
Distinction between religio licita and natio
Theories of Mommsen and of Juster
The Acta of Josephus
Sources of confusion : religion and nation
Fiscus Judaicus
Meaning of term religio licita
Christianity : basis of persecution religious as well as national
The synagogues and the collegia.
Terms employed in descriptions of synagogues and collegia
Resemblances between synagogues and collegia
Differences between the Jewish associations of the East and the West
Objections to the identification of collegia and synagogues
The synagogues become centres of unrest at times
Conclusion

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
"Originally published in 1951 by Aiglon Press Ltd., London. First Greenwood reprinting 1971." - T.p. verso.

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Dewey Decimal Class
322/.1/0937
Library of Congress
BL805 .G8 1971, BL805

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
160 p.
Number of pages
160
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

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OL5697891M
Internet Archive
religioustolerat0000gute
ISBN 10
0837139368
ISBN 13
9780837139364
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70104269
Library Thing
3877434
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1100852

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