A Jew in the Roman bathhouse: cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean

Eliʾav, Yaron Zevi

doi:10.1515/9780691243443

A Jew in the Roman bathhouse: cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean

A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports. The most popular institution of the ancient Mediterranean world, the baths drew people of all backgrounds. They were places...

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Main Author:	Eliʾav, Yaron Zevi (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	Princeton Oxford Princeton University Press [2023]
In:	Year: 2023
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Roman Empire / Jews / Bath
Further subjects:	B Roman citizenship B Sauna B Dominium B Jewish diaspora B Institution B Hellenistic Judaism B Masada B Roman festivals B Swimming pool B Istanbul B Greek Baths B Rome and Jerusalem B Rabbinic Judaism B Jewish identity B Oil painting B Roman Britain B Temple in Jerusalem B Beijing B Caesarea B Greek art B The Bathtub B Syrian Desert B Roman Senate B Ascalon B Roman Religion B Syria Palaestina B Jews B Religion / Judaism / History B Mediterranean Sea B Woman Bathing (van Eyck) B Ritual purification B Rabbinic literature B The Roman Revolution B Jewish Publication Society B Bathtub B Baths of Caracalla B Hebrew language B Steven Mithen B Nudity B Aelius Aristides B Apodyterium B Toilet B Roman villa B Hellenization B Civilization, Greco-Roman B Jewish Babylonian Aramaic B Ramat HaNadiv B Electoral College (United States) B Roman art B Diodorus Siculus B Bathing B Diocletian B Naples National Archaeological Museum B Second Temple Judaism B Second Temple period B Jews (Rome) Social life and customs B The Bathhouse B Perihelion and aphelion B Hellenistic period B Gentile B Regolith B Culture of ancient Rome B Ancient Greek B Revolutions of 1848 B Jewish prayer B Queens Museum B Ancient history B Judaism B Thermae B Baths, Roman B Argument of periapsis B Cornell University Press B Beersheba B Bathing customs (Rome) History B Roman Theatre (Cádiz) B Roman Baths (Bath) B Rabbi B Beit She'an B Midrash B Take A Bath B Mithraeum B Roman Italy B Pliny the Elder B Babylonia B Central Greece (region) B Cosmetics B Public bathing B Boeotia B Venice Biennale B Cleanliness B Thermostat B Roman Empire B Haredi Judaism B Evaporation B Tepidarium B Ramat Rachel B Seleucid Empire B Cicero B Contemporary art B Epigraphy B Judea (Roman province) B Hypocaust B Roman aqueduct B Tiberius B Roman imperial period (chronology)
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505	8	0	\|t Preface
505	8	0	\|t A Note on References, Names, Abbreviations, and Translations
505	8	0	\|t Introduction
505	8	0	\|t PART I SETTING THE STAGE
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 1 The Miracle of (Hot) Water: The Emergence of the Roman Public Bathhouse as a Cultural Institution
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 2 A Literary Bathhouse: Realities and Perceptions at a Roman (Jewish) Public Bath
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 3 Earliest Encounters: Archaeology, Scholarly Debate, and the Shifting Grounds of Interpretation
505	8	0	\|t PART II FILTERED ABSORPTION
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 4 A Sinful Place? Rabbinic Laws (Halakhah) and Feelings about the Public Bathhouse
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 5 Tsni‘ut (Rabbinic Modes of Modesty) in the Halls of Promiscuity: Mixed Bathing and Nudity in the Public Bathhouse
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 6 The Naked Rabbi and the Beautiful Goddess: Engaging with Sculpture in the Public Bathhouse
505	8	0	\|t PART III SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TEXTURES
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 7 A Social Laboratory: Status and Hierarchy in a Provincial Roman Bathhouse
505	8	0	\|t Chapter 8 A Scary Place: The Perils of the Bath and Jewish Magic Remedies
505	8	0	\|t In Conclusion
505	8	0	\|t Abbreviations
505	8	0	\|t Notes
505	8	0	\|t Bibliography of Primary Sources
505	8	0	\|t Bibliography of Scholarly Works
505	8	0	\|t Index of Ancient Citations
505	8	0	\|t General Index
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