Alexei M. Sivertsev's Books

Demonstrates how Jewish texts serve as a witness to the formation of image discourse in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

This book explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of Messianic themes in Judaism in the fifth through the eight centuries CE. It pays special attention to the ways in which Roman imperial ideology and imperial eschatology influenced Jewish representations of the Messiah and Messianic age. Topics addressed in the book include: representations of the Messianic kingdom of Israel as a successor to the Roman Empire, the theme of imperial renewal in Jewish eschatology and its Roman parallels, representations of the emperor in late antique literature and art and their influence on the representations of the Messiah, the mother of the Messiah in late antique and Byzantine cultural contexts, and the figure of the last Roman Emperor in Christian and Jewish tradition.

This book suggests a new approach to the social history of Jewish religious movements in the Second Temple and early Rabbinic periods. It argues that most of these movements and their traditions emerged within the context of complex interaction between traditional families and disciple circles.

Demonstrates how Jewish texts serve as a witness to the formation of image discourse in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Explores the influence of Roman imperialism on the development of Messianic themes in Judaism.

Book's by Alexei M. Sivertsev

Jews, Christians, and the Discourse on Images before Iconoclasm

Jews, Christians, and the Discourse on Images before Iconoclasm

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

Households, Sects, and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism

Households, Sects, and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism

Jews, Christians, and the Discourse on Images before Iconoclasm

Jews, Christians, and the Discourse on Images before Iconoclasm

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity

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