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Between Rome And Jerusalem »

Authors: Martin Sicker
ISBN-13: 9780275971403, ISBN-10: 0275971406
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Martin Sicker

MARTIN SICKER is a private consultant and lecturer who has written extensively in the fields of political science and international affairs, with a special focus on geopolitics and the history of the Middle East.

Book Synopsis

Sheds new light on the political circumstances surrounding the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity.

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Arguing that neither a completely Jewish nor completely Christian perspective, nor a narrow focus on Palestine will permit an accurate assessment of the politics of Roman Judea, Sicker asks why the region was so important to the Roman Empire. He concludes it was neither its religious or cultural features nor resources, but only its geographical position. He is convinced that Roman officials intuitively understood grand strategies that were beyond the understanding of their historians and chroniclers. A companion volume, (2000) is one of 14 written by the independent scholar of political science and international affairs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction	vii
1.	The Historical Background	1
2.	The Hasmonean Revolt	15
3.	A Jewish State Is Born	23
4.	Pharisees and Sadducees	31
5.	The Era of Jannaeus and Alexandra	37
6.	The Succession Crisis and Roman Intervention	43
7.	The Rise of the Antipatrids	53
8.	The Era of Julius Caesar	57
9.	Herod and Marcus Antonius	65
10.	The Reign of Herod the Great	77
11.	Herod and Augustus Caesar	89
12.	The Herodians	103
13.	Judaea Becomes a Roman Province	115
14.	Pontius Pilate: Procurator of Judaea	121
15.	The Era of Agrippa I	127
16.	Prelude to the Great Revolt	135
17.	The Great Revolt Erupts	147
18.	The Fall of Jerusalem	157
19.	Aftermath of the Destruction	167
20.	Hadrian and the Last Revolt	179
	Afterword	187
	Bibliography	191
	Index	195