Università Roma Tre

Jews and Romans in the 1st century AD

The course is aimed at an in-depth analysis of the ways in which Rome has organized its government on the Near East. Particular attention will be paid to the history of Palestine in the 1st century AD. The reading of the Jewish War by Josephus and other contemporary texts will allow students to acquire adequate information on the problems of the Jewish society of the period.

Flavio Giuseppe- La guerra giudaica, a cura di Giovanni Vitucci, Mondadori Editore, Milano 1982.
Giulio Firpo, Le rivolte giudaiche, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1999
Linda Marie Günther- Erode il Grande, Salerno
Editrice, Roma 2007