The Toleration and Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire Volume 1
The Toleration and Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire Volume 1

Author: Dora Askowith

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781230441641

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... considered as a pious duty and not the fulfillment of an unjust demand on the part of the procurator. In taking a retrospective glance at the condition of the Jews in the Roman Empire, during the reigns of Julius Caesar and Augustus, we have found that upon the whole it was a period of marked toleration. From a political standpoint, despite the occasional oppression of the procurators, despite the fact that the new form of government necessarily undermined some of the precepts of the Law and brought about a natural conflict between the ambitious aims of Jews and Romans, the former, nevertheless, enjoyed a considerable measure of freedom in self-administration and as a close analysis of events has shown, the advantages of Roman rule overbalanced its disadvantages. Although the Roman authorities had a perfect right to interfere in the legislation and in the administration of the law in non-autonomous communities, they took but little advantage of this right in the case of Judaea.1 In fact, many concessions from the point of view of law were granted to the Jews. In one case the Jews were given the privilege of proceeding against Roman citizens according to Jewish law. If at any time one who was not a Jew intruded into the inner courts of the Temple, in Jerusalem, he could be sentenced to death by the Jewish court, even though he were a Roman.2 The subjecting of Roman citizens to the laws of a foreign city was regarded as an extraordinary concession, and, as a rule, was given only to those communities which were recognized as liberae.1 The Sanhedrin, moreover, was given the right to try Jews from different parts of the empire, even if the offense had not been committed in Judaea, and was purely a question of religious belief.2 In more than...

The Jews and the Nation-States of Southeastern Europe from the 19th Century to the Great Depression
The Jews and the Nation-States of Southeastern Europe from the 19th Century to the Great Depression

Author: Tullia Catalan

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-06-22

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1443896624

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In the second half of the 19th century, Southeastern Europe was home to a vast and heterogeneous constellation of Jewish communities, mainly Sephardic to the south (Bulgaria, Greece) and Ashkenazi to the north (Hungary, Romanian Moldavia), with a broad mixed area in-between (Croatia, Serbia, Romanian Wallachia). They were subject to a variety of post-Imperial governments (from the neo-constituted principality of Bulgaria to the Hungarian kingdom re-established as an autonomous entity in 1867), which shared a powerful nationalist and modernising drive. The relations between Jews and the nation-states’ governments led to a series of issues relating to the enjoyment of civil rights, public and private education, and political participation, which found varying solutions, sometimes satisfactory for the Jews, but often undermined by the political instability of the region. In this book, the position of the Jews is also approached from the point of view of contemporary western Judaism, perhaps more sensitive to the sufferings of “our poor brothers in the East”; a western Judaism, emancipated, integrated, intellectually advanced, liberal, and able to intervene in situations under observation through diplomatic networks, its international philanthropic agencies and its political representatives. For readers interested in modern history, this book offers a detailed survey of the Jewish question in the various states of Southeastern Europe before the Shoah.

The Toleration and Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Part 1
The Toleration and Persecution of the Jews in the Roman Empire, Part 1

Author: Dora Askowith

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781298507280

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Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire
Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire

Author: Raúl González-Salinero

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9004507256

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Even though relations between the Jewish people and the Roman state were sometimes strained to the point of warfare and bloodshed, Jewish military service between the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE is attested by multiple sources.