Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations

A magisterial history of the titanic struggle between the Roman and Jewish worlds that led to the destruction of Jerusalem.
Martin Goodman--equally renowned in Jewish and in Roman studies--examines this conflict, its causes, and its consequences with unprecedented authority and thoroughness. He delineates the incompatibility between the cultural, political, and religious beliefs and practices of the two peoples and explains how Rome's interests were served by a policy of brutality against the Jews. At the same time, Christians began to distance themselves from their origins, becoming increasingly hostile toward Jews as Christian influence spread within the empire. This is the authoritative work of how these two great civilizations collided and how the reverberations are felt to this day.

ISBN 0375726136   DEWEY 933.05 ISBN13 9780375726132 (What's this?)   Pages 598 Publisher Vintage Books USA   Volumes 1 Imprint VINTAGE BOOKS   Weight (grammes) 590 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 201 Publication date 01 Dec 2008   Width (mm) 135 Library of Congress DS121.7

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