Did the Rabbis Believe in Agreus Pan?: Rabbinic Relationships with Roman Power, Culture, and Religion in Genesis Rabbah 63

This article presents a reading of the story of the Patriarch's meeting with the Emperor Diocletian as it appears in the late antique midrashic compilation, Genesis Rabbah. The story encapsulates the complexity of the relationship between the rabbis and Roman political, cultural and religious h...

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Main Author: Simon-Shoshan, Moshe 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 2018, Volume: 111, Issue: 3, Pages: 425-450
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Midrash Rabbah. Genesis 63,8 / Rabbi / Roman Empire / Power / Culture / Religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
BH Judaism
TD Late Antiquity
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