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The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East : = reassessing the sources /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East :/ E.A. Myers.
Reminder of title:	reassessing the sources /
remainder title:	The Ituraeans & the Roman Near East
Author:	Myers, E. A.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Itureans - History. -
Subject:	Lebanon - Politics and government - 20th century. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511674679
ISBN:	9780511674679 (ebook)

The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East : = reassessing the sources /
Myers, E. A.

The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East :reassessing the sources /The Ituraeans & the Roman Near EastE.A. Myers. - 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ;147. - Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ;147..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Early scholarship --Conclusions --

The Ituraeans, a little-known people of late first century BCE Syria/Palestine, are referred to briefly in a number of early texts, notably Pliny, Strabo and Josephus, and the principality of Ituraea is mentioned in Luke 3.1. There is, as yet, no consensus among archaeologists as to whether certain artefacts should be attributed to the Ituraeans or not. They form a mysterious backdrop to what we know of the area in the time of Jesus, which remains obstinately obscure despite the enormous amount of research in recent decades on the 'historical Jesus' and Greco-Roman Galilee. Through reference to the early texts, modern scholarship has contributed to a claim the Ituraeans were an Arab tribal group known mainly for their recurrent brigandage. Elaine Myers challenges these presuppositions and suggests a reappraisal of previous interpretations of these texts and the archaeological evidence to present a more balanced portrait of this ancient people.

ISBN: 9780511674679 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

801712
Itureans
--History.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

792616
Lebanon
--Politics and government--20th century.

LC Class. No.: DS82 / .M94 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 933.04

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