| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) |
| Series |
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 277 |
|
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 277.
|
| Contents |
Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Roman Emperors; Introduction Who Were the victims of the Fiscus Judaicus Under Domitian?; Part I. The Roman Perspective: Fiscus Judaicus; Chapter 1. The Introduction of the Jewish tax by Vespasian and its General History; Introduction; A. The Epigraphic and Papyrological Sources from Egypt; B. Later Evidence; C. The Role of the Synagogue; Chapter 2. Domitian's "Harsh" Administration of the Fiscus Judaicus; Introduction; A. Finance under Domitian; B. The Administration of the Fiscus Judaicus under Domitian |
|
C. Victims of the Fiscus Judaicus under Domitian1. "Those Who Led a Jewish Life Improfessi"; a. God-fearers and Other Sympathizers With Judaism; b. Gentile Christians; 2. Tax Evaders: "Those Who Concealed Their Origin and Did Not Pay the Tribute Levied upon Their People"; a. Jewish Tax Evaders; b. Proselytes; c. Apostate Jews; d. Circumcised non-Jews; e. Jewish Christians; D. Conclusion; Chapter 3. Nerva's Reform of the Fiscus Judaicus; Introduction; A. FISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA SVBLATA; B. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II PP; C. Conclusion |
|
Chapter 4. Christians: Their Crimes and Punishments From Nero to DomitianIntroduction; A. The persecution Under Nero; B. 1 Peter; 1. Gentile Christians as the Addressees; 2. Date of 1 Peter; C. The Persecution Under Domitian; Part II. The Further New Testament Perspective: Revelation, the Letter to the Hebrews and the Gospel of John; Chapter 5. Revelation and the Fiscus Judaicus; Introduction; A. Date of Revelation; B. Persecution; C. The Letters to the Seven Churches; 1. "Those Who Say that They are Jews and are not, But are a Synagogue of Satan." |
|
2. "So That They Would Eat Food Sacrificed to Idols and Practise Fornication"3. Overall View of the Letters; D. The 144,000 and the Innumerable Multitude; E. Conclusion; Chapter 6. Letter to the Hebrews: Jewish Christians and the Fiscus Judaicus; Introduction; A. Genre and General Content; B. Date of Hebrews; C. Addressees and Place of Origin; D. Purpose of the Letter to the Hebrews; E. Conclusion; Chapter 7. The Issue of Jewish Identity: Fiscus Judaicus, Birkat Ha-minim and the Gospel of John; Introduction; A. The Administration of the Fiscus Judaicus Under Domitian |
|
B. The Issue of the Minim (Heretics) Under Gamaliel IIC. The Reform of the Fiscus Judaicus Under Nerva; D. The Consequences of These Developments in the Gospel of John; E. Conclusion; Chapter 8. Parting of the Ways; Introduction; A.A Survey of the Debate; B. The Formal Break in 96 CE and Beyond; C. Concluding and Final Remarks; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; A. Hebrew Scriptures and Septuagint; B. New Testament; C. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; D. Josephus; E. Philo; F. Mishnah, Talmud; G. Early Christian Literature; H. Greco-Roman Literature; I. Coins |
| Summary |
HauptbeschreibungMarius Heemstra argues that the "harsh" administration of the Fiscus Judaicus under the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96) and the reform of this Fiscus under the emperor Nerva (96-98), accelerated the parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity, resulting in two separate religions. From 96 CE onwards, Roman authorities used a more pointed definition of "Jew", which made it easier for them to distinguish between Judaism (an accepted religion within the empire) and Christianity (an illegal religious movement). This parting should primarily be interpreted as a break betw |
| Notes |
Slightly Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Groningen, Netherlands, 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes |
| Notes |
J. Inscriptions, Ostraka and Papyri |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- Taxation -- Rome -- History
|
|
Jews -- History -- 70-638.
|
|
Jews
|
|
Jews -- Taxation
|
|
Rome (Empire)
|
| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
|
|
Academic theses
|
|
History
|
|
Academic theses.
|
|
Thèses et écrits académiques.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| LC no. |
2010450036 |
| ISBN |
3161516206 |
|
9783161516207 |
|
