Book Summary
"Remains of the Jews" studies the rise of Christian Empire in late antiquity (300-550 C.E.) through the dense and complex manner in which Christian authors wrote about Jews in the charged space of the " holy land." The book employs contemporary cultural studies, particularly postcolonial criticism, to read Christian writings about holy land Jews as colonial writings. These writings created a cultural context in which Christians viewed themselves as powerful-- and in which, perhaps, Jews were able to construct a posture of resistance to this new Christian Empire. "Remains of the Jews" reexamines familiar types of literature-- biblical interpretation, histories, sermons, letters-- from a new perspective in order to understand how power and resistance shaped religious identities in the later Roman Empire.
Book Details
| Book Name | Remains Of The Jews: The Holy Land And Christian Empire In Late Antiquity |
| Author | Andrew S. Jacobs |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press (Dec 2003) |
| ISBN | 9780804747059 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3728 |
