Jewish Religion in Pagan
Literature during the Late Republic and Early Empire
by Bilhah Wardy, Montreal
Contents
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| I. Introduction |
592 |
| II. Should Cicero's Speech 'Pro Flacco' be considered an Anti-Jewish
Document? |
596 |
1. The General Character of the Speech and
its Background |
596 |
2. Analysis of the Speech, Paragraphs 66-69
|
601 |
a) The improbatio testium |
601 |
b) Rhetorical Devices in Cicero's Speeches
|
606 |
c) Cicero and Jews |
609 |
| III. Tacitus on the Origin and the Traditions of the Jewish
People |
613 |
1. Tacitus and Historiographical Methods
|
613 |
a) Scarcity of Commentaries to Historiae
5, 1-13 |
613 |
b) The Ethnographical Excursus in Ancient
Historiography |
615 |
2. The 'Germania' and Historiae 5, 1-13.
A Comparison of Purpose and Technique |
618 |
3. Analysis of Historiae 5, 1-13 |
621 |
a) Traditions on the Isolation and Misanthropy
of the Jewish People |
621 |
b) Tacitean Technique in the Selection of
Jewish Customs and Laws |
624 |
c) Tacitus on Jewish Political Development
from the Assyrian to the Roman Period |
627 |
d) Jewish Monotheism as an Incentive to Rebellion
|
629 |
| IV. Conclusion |
631 |
| V. Appendix: The Jews in the Early Hellenistic Age |
635 |
| Bibliography |
641 |
I. Sources |
641 |
II. Secondary Literature |
642 |
