[Antiquitas] CFP: AHA 2016 session on The Jewish Diaspora in Ancient Rome (64 B.C.E- 330 C.E.)

[Kaius Tuori]

Hei!

Alla paneelijärjestäjän kutsu antiikin historiasta kiinnostuneille. 

Yt,

Kaius

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Panel organizer Rachael Goldman sends the below call for papers for an affiliate session at the AHA meeting in Atlanta next January, please contact her for more information!

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AFFILIATE SESSION- ASSOCIATION OF ANCIENT HISTORIANS
FOR AHA ANNUAL MEETING IN ATLANTA, JANUARY 2016
 
CFP: The Jewish Diaspora in Ancient Rome (64 B.C.E- 330 C.E.)
 
Scholarship in the last two decades has expanded our understanding of how Jews interacted within Greco-Roman society through history, religion, philosophy, archaeology, art history and demographics:  L.V. Rutgers (1998), Rajak (2002), Gruen (2004), Cohen (2006), Goodman (2008), Schwartz (2012), and Fine (2013).  Their research has concluded that the Jews lived under the confines and within limitations set by those who conquered them.  Other scholars have also concluded that the Jewish population was derivative of those around them, unable to create their own voice and identity.  Much scholarship has dealt with religious aspects of this period of time, but this panel will seek to demonstrate that more can be done with the historical and secular aspects of the period.  This panel will also examine the different diasporas that occurred within the larger confines of this period (e.g. from Rome to Alexandria or Rome to Spain).  While many Jews were oppressed, the sources reveal that these were also times of great prosperity. 
 
This panel will seek to understand the cultural, social and economic developments
among the Jews prior to the Jewish War.  Rather than focus on the theological developments of this period, this panel seeks to understand the complex relationships between Jews and Romans.
 
Papers that seek to address the following issues will be considered:
 
Identity and Jewish life prior to the Jewish Wars
 
Inscriptions which Illuminate Understanding of Daily Life
 
Evidence for the daily life of Jews in Rome and Egypt
 
The Conquest of Judea by Pompey
 
Issues of the Rise of the Herodian Dynasty
 
Women of the Herodian Dynasty
 
Reference to and Understanding of Classical Texts by Jews (e.g. Aristotle)
 
Reuse of Buildings as Historical Evidence
 
Jews considered as “Barbarians” by the Romans
 
 
Please submit a 150 word abstract with bibliography and a C.V. to goldmanr at tcnj.edu BY MAY 10, 2015
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