Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, History, Middle East, Israel, Ancient History
| Author: | Zeev Weiss | ISBN: | 9780674728011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Zeev Weiss |
| ISBN: | 9780674728011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region.
Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region.
