The European Research Council announces the opening of the website for the project "Re-thinking Judaism’s Encounter with the Roman Empire: Rome’s Political and Religious Challenge to Israel and its Impact on Judaism (2nd century BCE – 4th century CE" (short title: "Judaism and Rome"). The website can be assessed by clicking here.
The website states that one may "find useful resources for studying Roman imperial ideology, or Roman imperial discourses, artefacts and performances, displayed in literary records, epigraphy, numismatics, as well as through monuments, statues and other material artefacts."
The website aims to:
The website aims to:
- give access to some important sources, providing as much information as possible: images, original text, translation…
- provide the reader with an original and detailed analysis of each source, a service that is very rarely offered on the internet, and which makes this website comparable to a rich sourcebook
- promote interdisciplinary discussion between scholars working on Roman history, Jewish Studies, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Classics, Patristics, History of Christianity, etc.
I am sure this website is another important resource for those who are interested in the history of primitive Christ-movement.
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