Religious identities in the Roman world: The case of Jews and Christians in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n16p50Keywords:
Identities, Jews, Christians, Roman empire, Asia MinorAbstract
The purpose of the present paper is to analyze Jewish identity as it is constructed by Asia Minor Jews in the 1st century CE and to observe the implications of such identity construction over the formation and ethnic composition of Christian communities in this area. It is also a purpose to examine Christian identity construction amidst conflicting relations, in the 2nd century CE, among the Greek population of Asia Minor, Roman authorities and Christians living there. In order to do that, the sources into focus are the book of Acts, Revelation, the works of Justin Martyr and the letters concerning Christians exchanged between Pliny the Younger and the emperor Trajan.References
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JONES, Siân. The Archaeology of Ethnicity: constructing identities in the past and present. London, New York: Routledge, 1997.
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PLÍNIO, o jovem. Cartas 10,96. In: FUNARI, P. P. A. Antiguidade Clássica: a história e a cultura a partir dos documentos. Campinas: Ed. Unicamp, 2002. p. 91-92.
PRICE, Simon R. F. Rituals and Power. The Roman imperial cult in Asia Minor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.
PUCCI BEN ZEEV, Miriam. Jewish Rights in the Roman World. The Greek and Roman Documents Quoted by Josephus. Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1998.
SANDERS, E. P. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1983.
SELVATICI, M. A Ásia Selêucida e os reinos asiáticos. In: MARQUES, J.B.; SELVATICI, M. O mundo helenístico. Rio de Janeiro: CECIERJ, 2012.
SELVATICI, Monica. Tradição Judaica, Cultura Helênica e Dinâmica Histórica: o Cristianismo de Paulo de Tarso em perspectiva. 2002. Dissertação (Mestrado em História Social) - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 2002.
SELVATICI, Monica. Construção de fronteiras entre o judaísmo e o cristianismo no Império Romano: os judaizantes e a retórica antijudaica no movimento cristão dos séculos I e II d. C. Romanitas Revista de Estudos Grecolatinos, v. 1, p. 23-37. 2013.
SELVATICI, Monica. Ethnicity and Ancient Judaism: Jewish Identities in 1st Century Alexandria and Antioch. In: FUNARI, Pedro Paulo; GARRAFFONI, Renata S.; LETALIEN, Bethany. (Org.). New Pespectives on the Ancient World: Modern Perceptions, Ancient Representations. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008. p. 213-220.
SELVATICI, Monica. Os Judeus Helenistas e a Primeira Expansão Cristã: questões de narrativa, visibilidade histórica e etnicidade no livro dos Atos dos Apóstolos. 2006. Tese (Doutorado em História) – Campinas, Unicamp.
SENA PERA, Juan Pablo. O anti-judaísmo de Justino o Mártir no Diálogo com Trifão. 2009. Dissertação (Mestrado em História) - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória.
SMALLWOOD, E. Mary. The Diaspora in the Roman Period before CE 70. In: HORBURY, W.; DAVIES, W. D.; STURDY, J. The Cambridge History of Judaism, 3: The Early Roman Period. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999. p. 168-191.
STRABO. Geography of Strabo. Translated with notes by H. C. Hamilton and W. Falconer. 2014. v. 3. Project Gutemberg. Disponível em: www.gutenberg.org/files/ 44886/44886-h/44886-h.htm. Acesso em: 20 maio 2015.
TRAJANO. Cartas 10,97. In: FUNARI, P. P. A. Antiguidade Clássica: a história e a cultura a partir dos documentos. Campinas: Ed. Unicamp, 2002. p. 92.
TREBILCO, Paul. Jewish Communities in Asia Minor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. (Society for New Testament Studies / Monograph Series 69).
VAN HENTEN, J. W.; VAN DER HORST, P. W. Jewish Tomb Inscriptions in Verse, In: VAN DER HORST, P. W. Hellenism - Judaism - Christianity. Essays on their interaction. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1994.
YARBRO COLLINS, A. Crisis and Catharsis. The Power of the Apocalypse Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1984.
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SELVATICI, Monica. Religious identities in the Roman world: The case of Jews and Christians in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 16, p. 50–70, 2016. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n16p50. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/22714. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.
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