A Jew in the Roman bathhouse : cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean

1. Verfasser: Eliav, Yaron Z. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Umfang/Format: xv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
Baths, Roman
Bathing customs > Rome > History.
Jews > Rome > Social life and customs.
Civilization, Greco-Roman
RELIGION / Judaism / History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Bathing customs
Jews > Social life and customs
Imperium Romanum
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The miracle of water : the emergence of the baths as a cultural institution
  • The textual bath: physical realities and perceptions at a provincial Roman (-Jewish) public bathhouse
  • Earliest encounters : archaeology, scholarly debate, and the shifting grounds of interpretation
  • A sinful place? Jewish (Rabbinic) laws of and feelings about the Roman bath
  • Tsni'ut (Rabbinic modes of modesty) in the halls of promiscuity : mixed bathing and nudity in the public bathhouse
  • The naked Rabbi and the beautiful goddess : engaging sculpture in the public bathhouse
  • A social laboratory : status and hierarchy in the bathhouse
  • A scary place : the perils of the bath and Jewish magic remedies.

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