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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Emperor Julian’s Jewish Gambit
1. Julian’s Hellenizing Program and the Jews
2. Setting the Stage: Hellenes, Christians, and Jews in Cosmopolitan Antioch
3. Hebrews, Jews, and Judeans: Julian’s Ethnographic Arguments and His Hellenizing Campaign
4. Propitiating the Gods, Saving the Empire: The Place of Jewish Sacrifice in Emperor Julian’s Hellenizing Program
5. A Priestly Nation: Th e Jewish Priesthood as a Model for Julian’s Priestly Program
6. Th e God of Jerusalem and His Temple: Fixing the Jewish God in Julian’s Cosmos
7. Creating and Maintaining Hellenic Places in Antioch
Conclusions: Antioch in the Aftermath of Julian

Appendix: The Letter to the Community of the Jews
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520298729, 978-0520298729
      ISBN10: 0520298721

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      List of Abbreviations

      Introduction: Emperor Julian’s Jewish Gambit
      1. Julian’s Hellenizing Program and the Jews
      2. Setting the Stage: Hellenes, Christians, and Jews in Cosmopolitan Antioch
      3. Hebrews, Jews, and Judeans: Julian’s Ethnographic Arguments and His Hellenizing Campaign
      4. Propitiating the Gods, Saving the Empire: The Place of Jewish Sacrifice in Emperor Julian’s Hellenizing Program
      5. A Priestly Nation: Th e Jewish Priesthood as a Model for Julian’s Priestly Program
      6. Th e God of Jerusalem and His Temple: Fixing the Jewish God in Julian’s Cosmos
      7. Creating and Maintaining Hellenic Places in Antioch
      Conclusions: Antioch in the Aftermath of Julian

      Appendix: The Letter to the Community of the Jews
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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