Judaea In Hellenistic Times
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« Rendez à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu » : cette phrase bien connue des Évangiles s’éclaire d’un jour nouveau à mesure que se poursuivent les enquêtes historiques portant sur la fiscalité en Judée du tournant de... more
The article looks at the royal coinage of the Roman client king Herod the Great (40/37 – 4 BC) of Judaea. Herod was an avowed friend and loyal ally of Rome and the Emperor, and his political acts as well as his building programme contain... more
This book recounts the heroic story of the Maccabees and explains how they successfully took on the might of the Seleucid realm, illustrated by the coins issued by the main protagonists. What was an epic struggle of an oppressed people... more
Presentation for the 2017 AHA in Denver, CO.
Foreign taxes were hated in Judaea, it seems, by a people proud to pay from its funds the cult of the temple of Jerusalem. Such an idea, widespread as it is in historiography, indeed finds its roots inside the ancient sources, but is it... more
Course Description: This course offers an introduction to the history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the end of the Hellenistic Age (roughly the 16 th to the 1 st centuries BCE), drawing on both source materials and modern... more
Hurbat Husham lies in the Judean Foothills at the summit of a hill that overtops its surroundings (elev. 380 m above sea level). It is located in the northern section of a ridge that is part of the High Shephelah, between the Nahal Soreq... more
It was our intention in this work was to study the imagetic of local coinage from Judea-Palestine mostly Jerusalem from the Persian until the roman domination in the region. Observing the monetary types we intended to understand how the... more
The paintings on the walls a pair of ancient tomb caves at Marisa/Maresha at the western edge of the Judean hill country are unique in the Greek pictorial repertoire and are among the most important surviving examples of Hellenistic art.... more
Résumé. – À l’aide du concept de « normativités » employé dans d’autres sciences humaines pour définir les conceptions que peuvent se faire des groupes de ce qui est (ou devrait être) la norme socio-politique, cet article se propose de... more
This is an extract of my m.a. thesis which is to be presented by september 2019 in Paris, the topic of this extract is 1 Maccabees as per the greek and the french versions of the original text which is lost and was in Hebrew. The... more
One of the unresolved issues in the geographical-historical study of Judea during the Second Temple period is the question of the identification of the residents of the three districts, before being annexed to Judea in 145 BCE. This... more
Le Premier livre des Maccabées contient la description d’un spectacle riche de significations sur les prétentions de la famille hasmonéenne à la tête du peuple juif. Si l’on en croit l’auteur, peu avant la bataille d’Emmaüs en 165 av. J.... more
Upper-division, synchronic/synoptic course on Second-Temple Jerusalem, from the late-6th c. B.C.E. to the destruction of the temple in 70 C.E. It traces Jerusalem’s physical development from a small town to an important royal capital that... more
Il est souvent admis que l’impôt séleucide et romain en Judée était prélevé en monnaie et que l’impôt du temple de Jérusalem n’était payé qu’en statères tyriens. Pourtant, un réexamen de ces assertions à l’aide en particulier des... more
Review published by Review of Biblical Literature (22 mai 2020)
Oxford Ancient History Seminar, Trinity Term 2019.
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Rock-Cut Caves and Hiding Systems at Horvat Tabaq Nachum Sagiv and Boaz Zissu Horvat Tabaq is an ancient site, situated on the south slopes of Tel Goded, in the Judaean Foothills, about two kms. North-East of Beth Guvrin - Roman... more
This project utilizes International Relations theory to reexamine the formation and growth of the Parthian state in the ancient Middle East and the interaction of Parthia with Rome in the 1st century BCE.
The foundation of cities (poleis) was one of the governing principles of most Hellenistic rulers. However, the Hasmoneans presented the opposite approach to this matter when ruling over Judea. Not only did they not found any new cities,... more
... Edited by Tessa Rajak, , Sarah Pearce, , James Aitken, , and Jennifer Dines. . ... in the Letter of Aristeas'), concluding that the historical circumstances which surround the birth of the Septuagint cannot be solved by a... more
Aruma Fortress (Kh. El-Urmeh) is situated on the top of a commanding hill in Eastern Samaria, about two kilometers south - east of the settlement of Itamar. Scholars have identified here Biblical Arumah, the city of Abimelech son of... more
Kreimerman, I. and Sandhaus, S. Political Trends as Reflected in the Material Culture: A New Look at the Transition between the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods. In: Honigman, S., Nihan, C. and Lipschits, O. (eds.), Times of... more
John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow (eds.), Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012).
RESUMO-Este artigo objetiva discutir possibilidades de análise iconográfica a partir das imagens estampadas das moedas da Judeia-Palestina, mais especificamente nas moedas de Jerusalém do período que vai desde a dominação persa na região... more
... Edited by Tessa Rajak, , Sarah Pearce, , James Aitken, , and Jennifer Dines. . ... in the Letter of Aristeas'), concluding that the historical circumstances which surround the birth of the Septuagint cannot be solved by a... more