Entangled Jewish identities in Rome. The case of "barbarians" in Philo and Josephus

Maren R. Niehoff

doi:10.1515/9783111337807-014

Entangled Jewish identities in Rome. The case of "barbarians" in Philo and Josephus

Maren R. Niehoff^*

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Department of Jewish Thought

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Abstract

This article unveils the presence of Rome in Philo's and Josephus's construction of Jewish identity as "barbarian" and shows how they locate the Jewish people on the Roman side of a cultural divide between Rome and Greece. Special attention is paid to the comparisons drawn by the two Jewish authors between the Jews and the Indians, two nations devoted, in their view, to practical ethics, endurance and free speech.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	What Makes a People?
Subtitle of host publication	Early Jewish Ideas of Peoplehood and Their Evolving Impact
Publisher	de Gruyter
Pages	229-246
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783111337807
ISBN (Print)	9783111334851
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111337807-014
State	Published - 6 Nov 2023

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Keywords

Barbarian identity
Greek culture
Indians
Josephus
Philo
Rome

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