Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Blanton IV, Thomas R.; Liu, Jinyu; Choi, Agnes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, particularly its effects in the Galilee before and after the First Jewish Revolt. Suitable for students and scholars in Classical, Biblical, and Jewish studies, as well as economic history and Mediterranean archaeology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000598438
• Artikelnr.: 63756270

Autorenporträt

Thomas R. Blanton IV is Associated Fellow at the Max Weber Centre, University of Erfurt (Germany). He is coeditor, with David B. Hollander and John T. Fitzgerald, of The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities (Routledge, 2019). Agnes Choi is Associate Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, USA. Jinyu Liu is Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University, USA, with a guest professorship appointment at Shanghai Normal University, China. She is the author of Collegia Centonariorum: The Guilds of Textile Dealers in the Roman West (Brill, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Thomas R. Blanton IV, Agnes Choi, and Jinyu Liu; Part I Taxation in Egypt and the Roman Empire; 1. Taxation and Tribute in Early State Thought and Practice, John T. Fitzgerald; 2. The Check is in the Mail: Assessing and Collecting Taxes in Ancient Egypt, Agnes Choi; 3. Opaque, Inconsistent, and Unfair: Some Remarks on the Burden of Roman Taxation during the Principate, David B. Hollander; 4. Roman Provincial Censuses as Sociopolitical Regulation: Implications for Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels and Acts, G. Anthony Keddie; Part II The Galilean Economy before and after the First Judean Revolt; 5. The Economic Impact of the First Jewish Revolt on the Galilee, Mordechai Aviam; 6 The Economic Transformation of an Early Roman Galilean Village: A Keynesian Approach, C. Thomas McCollough; 7. Bandits and the Galilean Economy: Was the Galilee Prosperous or Desperately Poor?, David A. Fiensy; 8. Refugees: The Missing Element in Discussions of the Galilean Economy in the Roman Period, James Riley Strange; Epilogue, Jürgen K. Zangenberg