Social Archaeology of Late Second Temple Judaea - From Purity, Burial, and Art, to Qumran, Herod, and Masada

This book analyses social ideology and relationships in late Second Temple Judaea through studying extensive archaeological material and case-study sites. Suitable for students and scholars interested in the history, society, and archaeology of the Jews in the Second Temple period.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. Ritual Baths, Imported Pottery, and Gentile Impurity: Judaean Ethnicity Markers in the Hasmonean Period,2. Pure Individualism: Non-Priestly Purity, Religious Experience, and the Self, 3. Family Burial Caves, Family Identity, and Family Structure in Jerusalem and its Environs, 4. Loculi and Ossuaries: The Family and the Individual in Judean Burial Caves, 5. Art as Style: Why were Ossuaries and Southern Oil Lamps Decorated?, 6. The Archeology of Sectarianism in Kh. Qumran: Spatial Organization, Ritual, Resistance, and Hierarchy, 7. Herod’s Baths and Palaces: Judaean Identity, Court Society, and Royal Ideology, 8. Feasting Before the War: Social Structure and Organization of Masada’s Rebels, Conclusions: The Judaean Individual within Judaean Society.

About the author

Eyal Regev is Professor of Jewish Studies in the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His books include The Sadducees and their Halakhah, Sectarianism in Qumran, The Hasmoneans: Ideology, Archaeology, Identity and The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred. He has published several journal articles on the archaeology of Second Temple Judaea.

Summary

This book analyses social ideology and relationships in late Second Temple Judaea through studying extensive archaeological material and case-study sites. Suitable for students and scholars interested in the history, society, and archaeology of the Jews in the Second Temple period.

Product details

• Authors: Eyal Regev, Eyal (Bar-Ilan University Regev, Regev Eyal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2022
• EAN: 9781138358881
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35888-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Archaeology, Judaism, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities