Martin Goodman

A magisterial history of the titanic struggle between the Roman and Jewish worlds that led to the destruction of Jerusalem.Martin Goodman—equally renowned in Jewish and in Roman studies—examines this conflict, its causes, and its consequences with unprecedented authority and thoroughness. He delineates the incompatibility between the cultural, political, and religious beliefs and practices of the two peoples and explains how Rome's interests were served by a policy of brutality against the Jews. At the same time, Christians began to distance themselves from their origins, becoming increasingly hostile toward Jews as Christian influence spread within the empire. This is the authoritative work of how these two great civilizations collided and how the reverberations are felt to this day.

A panoramic history of Judaism from its origins to the presentJudaism is by some distance the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions. Despite the extraordinarily diverse forms it has taken, the Jewish people have believed themselves bound to God by the same covenant for more than three thousand years. This book explains how Judaism came to be and how it has developed from one age to the next, as well as the ways in which its varieties have related to each other.A History of Judaism ranges from Judaism's inception amidst polytheistic societies in the second and fi rst millennia, through the Jerusalem Temple cult in the centuries preceding its destruction, to the rabbis, mystics and messiahs of medieval and early modern times and, finally, the many expressions of the modern and contemporary Jewish worlds. Throughout, Martin Goodman shows how Judaism has been made and remade over the millennia by individuals as well as communities, and shaped by the cultures and philosophies in which Jews have been immersed.It becomes a truly global story, spanning not only the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, but also China, India and America, andone that untangles the threads of doctrinal and philosophical debate running through Judaism's history. Goodman demonstrates that its numerous strains have often adopted incompatible practices and ideas - about the authority of ancestral traditions, the meaning of scripture, the nature of God, the afterlife and the End of Days - but that disagreement has almost always been tolerated without schism.There have been many histories of the Jewish people but remarkably few attempts to describe the history and evolution of Judaism itself. This panoramic book, the first of its kind in almost seventy years, does glorious justice to the inexhaustible variety of one the world's great religions.

A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution Herod the Great (73–4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about his cruelty and in Christian tradition he was cast as the tyrant who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents; in the Talmud, despite fond memories of his glorious Temple in Jerusalem, he was recalled as a persecutor of rabbis. The life of Herod is better documented than that of any other Jew from antiquity, and Martin Goodman examines the extensive literary and archaeological evidence to provide a vivid portrait of Herod in his sociopolitical his Idumaean origins; his installation by Rome as king of Judaea and cultivation of leading Romans; his massive architectural projects; and his presentation of himself as a Jew, most strikingly through the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple and his numerous polygamous marriages. Goodman argues that the later traditions about Herod as a monster derived from public interest in his execution of three of his sons after dramatic public trials foisted on him by a dynastic policy imposed by the Roman emperor.

Examining the Roman world from an unusual and illuminating angle, this volume explores the central period of the Roman empire from Julius Caesar to Marcus Aurelius. Martin Goodman focuses on the perspective of its peoples and its fringe areas, rather than from the Emperor's household, giving a balanced view of the Roman world in its entirety.Goodman outlines and discusses the major aspects of Roman rule and culture, as well as the marginal; the city state of Rome, politics, social and civic life, and religion. The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180 offers a stimulating and provocative addition to the study of the Roman world in this period, which will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with the origins of Western civilization.

For readers of Barry Lopez and Wade Davis comes a remarkable journey among India’s Bishnoi people, passionate defenders of nature whose ecological wisdom carries a powerful message for the world.The story is true, though it reads like a fable. In 1730, the Maharajah of Jodhpur sent his troops to chop down a forest in northwest India. When 363 local villagers, led by Amrita Devi, hugged the trees to protect them, the Maharajah’s men chopped off their heads. Who are these people who love trees so much that they would give their lives to save them?Meet the Bishnoi, followers of the only religion with nature conservation at its heart. Today, Bishnois remain fierce defenders of trees and animals, living by principles set by their guru Jambhoji in the fifteenth century. They chase down armed poachers, rescue and care for injured animals, save endangered species, and lead heroic reforestation efforts in the Rajasthani desert. In a time of biodiversity loss and climate change, what lessons do they have to teach us?Martin Goodman was invited deep into the world of the Bishnoi, who asked him to share their message. My Head for a Tree takes us from temples, homes, and schoolrooms to animal sanctuaries, farms, and desert forests, revealing a thriving community of eco-warriors. Their stories inspire and challenge readers to live more kindly and defend nature with a passion. While you can only be born a Bishnoi, Goodman writes, we can all follow their example.

The Cellist of Dachau is an acclaimed and “masterful” novel of the Holocaust— the legacy that haunts us, and the music that binds us. In 1938, Otto Schalmik, a 19-year-old musician from a Jewish family in Vienna, is arrested by Nazi police. Transported to Dachau, he is summoned to the home of the camp’s Adjutant, who forces him to scrub the floors and play Bach on a priceless looted cello. In 1990s California, Otto, now a world-famous composer, and a young Australian musicologist, Rosa, discover the ways in which their lives are linked through music and history. Weaving together stories from both sides of Nazi Germany, The Cellist Of Dachau explores the ongoing impact of war and the power of music as a transcending force to heal and rebuild lives.

Goodman examines the background of the AD 66 Judean revolt against Rome. He attempts to explain both the rebellion itself and its temporary success by discussing the role of the Jewish ruling class in the sixty years preceding the war and in the independent state that lasted until AD 70. The author shows that the revolt's ultimate cause was a misunderstanding by Rome of the status criteria of Jewish society.

This is a controversial and important new examination of the origins of Christian mission, set against the background of ancient Judaism and the pagan culture of the Roman Empire. The author invites a total reconsideration of the grounds for religious conversion in both Christianity and Judaism. He suggests that mission was not inherent to either early Judaism or Christianity, and was only sporadically practiced in antiquity by these religions. Clear, accessible, and displaying considerable scholarship, this book will provide an important challenge and a stimulus to both theologians and historians.

An essential introduction to Josephus’s momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Martin Goodman describes the life of this book, from its composition in Greek for a Roman readership to the myriad ways it touched the lives of Jews and Christians over the span of two millennia.The scion of a priestly Jewish family, Josephus became a rebel general at the start of the war. Captured by the enemy general Vespasian, Josephus predicted correctly that Vespasian would be the future emperor of Rome and thus witnessed the final stages of the siege of Jerusalem from the safety of the Roman camp and wrote his history of these cataclysmic events from a comfortable exile in Rome. His history enjoyed enormous popularity among Christians, who saw it as a testimony to the world that gave rise to their faith and a record of the suffering of the Jews due to their rejection of Christ. Jews were hardly aware of the book until the Renaissance. In the nineteenth century, Josephus's history became an important source for recovering Jewish history, yet Jewish enthusiasm for his stories of heroism—such as the doomed defense of Masada—has been tempered by suspicion of a writer who betrayed his own people.Goodman provides a concise biography of one of the greatest war narratives ever written, explaining why Josephus's book continues to hold such fascination today.

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible. It offers verse-by-verse explanation of every book of the Bible by the world's leading biblical scholars. From its inception, OBC has been designed as a completely non-denominational commentary, carefully written and edited to provide the best scholarship in a readable style for readers from all differentfaith backgrounds. It uses the traditional historical-critical method to search for the original meaning of the texts, but also brings in new perspectives and insights - literary, sociological, and cultural - to bring out the expanding meanings of these ancient writings and stimulate new discussion andfurther enquiry.Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an affordable and portable format for the commentaries to the books of the Apocrypha. Includes a general introduction to using the Commentary, in addition to an introduction to study of the Apocrypha.

Silently, digitally, a boy takes apart your familyTom's a regular teenager – sullen, anxious, super-smart, feeling safe within his bedroom and wedded to his screen.On a packed train, a London commodities trader gets under his skin.The trader's got a fine wife, two kids, a yappy dog, big house, annual bonus. Tom hacks him. The trader's hardware becomes stuffed with dangerous, damaging images. Call it collateral damage.Hacking is what Tom does. He's got control of the keyboards of key players in the fossil fuel industry. If he doesn't bring down the grid, who will?Roads and trainlines lead the main players to a violent confrontation in the brutalist surrounds of London's Barbican Centre. Government agents work to prevent a global blackout. Tom's set to save the planet.Who will win?

This is an examination of Jewish society and administration in Galilee in the time between the Bar Kokhba war and the proclamation of universal Roman citizenship in CE 212. It offers an overview of the customs and structure of a village society, and the rabbinical authority.

Uma história abrangente do judaísmo O judaísmo é uma das religiões mais antigas do mundo e foi capaz de preservar sua identidade distinta ao longo de mais de três milênios. A história do judaísmo oferece uma visão verdadeiramente ampla de como essa religião surgiu, como evoluiu de uma época para outra e como suas várias tradições e seitas se relacionaram. Neste livro, Martin Goodman, professor da universidade de Oxford, leva os leitores das origens do judaísmo no mundo politeísta antes de Cristo ao culto do templo na época de Jesus. Conta as histórias de rabinos, místicos e messias do período medieval e do início da modernidade, guiando através das muitas facetas do judaísmo de hoje. Ele explica as instituições e ideias nas quais todas as formas de judaísmo se baseiam. A história do judaísmo é um verdadeiro guia sobre a religião e seu povo, sobre como a fé sobreviveu a quase três séculos de perseguições. Tudo explicado em detalhes, mostrando o judaísmo em vários continentes e é de Moisés guiando os hebreus à cabala, do judaísmo ortodoxo à crença na vida pós-morte. "Goodman capta a variedade caleidoscópica do judaísmo. Seu livro é um guia inestimável sobre a fé para os judeus do mundo todo como foi a coluna de fogo que iluminou Moisés e os hebreus no deserto." – THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "Em um único volume, Goodman oferece três milênios de pensamento e prática religiosa. Leitura obrigatória para judeus de todas as idades e iluminadora para quem tem curiosidade em compreender a alma desse povo tão sofrido e tão bem sucedido." – THE GUARDIAN

These collected studies, previously published in diverse places between 199 and 26, discuss important and controversial issues in the study of the development of Judaism in the Roman world from the first century C.E. to the fifth.

«A fascinating and unique insight into the phenomenon of workplace bullying through the prism of contemporary French fiction. The book captures the individual suffering and power dynamics that characterise bullying in the workplace, while situating this within wider debates in the social sciences, psychology and cultural studies.» (Sarah Waters, Professor of French Studies, University of Leeds)«Drawing on a rich range of examples, Goodman deftly probes the stories told about workplace bullying not simply as a vital topic in its own right but as an important way to explore the effects of neoliberalism on working lives. Tremendously well informed, the book will be of interest to students of both French culture and contemporary labour practices.» (Martin O’Shaughnessy, Professor, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University)«As an academic plunge into the murky depths of French corporate life, Goodman’s book is both intrepid and intimate. It is also singular. To date, no other Anglophone commentator has got to grips with the breadth of French fictional accounts of work to this extent. Building on the foundations laid by the studies of Sarah Waters, Martin O’Shaughnessy, and Jeremy Lane, Bastards at Work captures the miseries of twenty-first-century work, but also - best of all - the joys of writing about it.» (Anne M. Mulhall, H-France Review Vol. 23 (March 2023), No. 40)Bullying is a social phenomenon that defines the contemporary workplace with much of the emphasis on psychosocial rather than physical suffering. In France, workplace bullying has emerged as a subject of intense interest and controversy among scholars, policy makers and cultural producers – notably novelists, playwrights and film directors. It has a high public profile as reflected in specific legislation, a wealth of critical literature on workplace suffering, and an extensive range of novels, plays and films. This study contextualises and analyses this wave of fictional storytelling that has emerged in France since the year 2000. It critically analyses more than a dozen such stories with a view to determining how they reflect the lived experiences of workers. Each story is considered from the perspectives of critical commentaries and research from France and elsewhere, focusing on the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, medicine, anthropology, sociology, literary analysis, economics, law and business management. This study also examines how fiction reflects changes in the nature of the French economy, organisations and work itself since the advent of neoliberalism in the 1980s.

Souverän und lebendig erzählt Martin Goodman die 4000 Jahre umfassende Geschichte des Judentums. Anschaulich und klar schildert er die religiösen Vorstellungen und Praktiken einer der großen Weltreligionen. Die einzigartige und packende Globalgeschichte einer vibrierenden und vielseitigen religiösen Tradition, die – wie kaum eine andere – das geistig-spirituelle Erbe der ganzen Menschheit geprägt hat. Das Judentum ist eine der ältesten Religionen der Welt. Trotz außergewöhnlich diverser Ausprägungen und vielfältiger Glaubensvorstellungen hat es eine besondere Identität im Laufe von mehr als 4000 Jahren bewahrt. Goodman erklärt, wie diese Religion entstand, wie sie sich entwickelte und veränderte, und wie sich die unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen des Judentums zueinander verhalten. In diesem elegant geschriebenen Standardwerk nimmt der Autor den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die von den Anfängen des Judentums in einer Umwelt, die an viele Götter glaubte, über den Tempelkult zur Zeit Christi bis in die Moderne. Er erzählt die Geschichte der Rabbis, der Mystiker und der Messiasse des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit und schildert die vielfältigen Formen und Ausprägungen des Judentums. Seine faszinierende und anregend geschriebene Gesamtdarstellung umspannt den ganzen Globus vom Mittleren Osten, Europa und Amerika nach Nordafrika, China und Indien. Anschaulich und zugänglich erklärt er die Institutionen und die Vorstellungswelt des Judentums von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart.

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Romains contre Juifs, un conflit inexpiable entre deux mondes. En 70 après J.-C, Jérusalem fut mise à sac par les Romains. Mais cet épisode fut plus qu'un conflit entre un empire et l'un de ses vassaux : pendant trois siècles, les juifs repoussés en marge de la société impériale, en vinrent à considérer Rome comme la quintessence du mal. Un tel antagonisme entre deux civilisations antiques qui, auparavant, avaient coexisté pacifiquement, et sans précédent. Reste à comprendre les racines et les manifestations diverses de ce conflit.Dans un livre qui a fait date, l'académicien Martin Goodman, professeur à Oxford, retrace l'histoire de la naissance de l'antisémitisme dans l'empire romain. Au moment où les représentants de l'empereur restaient invisibles sauf pour lever l'impôt ou garder le palais du roi Hérode, où la paix romaine profitait à Jérusalem, et où on commençait à parler de coexistence éternelle, l'impensable s'est produit.Martin Goodman entraîne le lecteur dans une exploration passionnante de deux sociétés, deux cultures qui se découvrent face à face." La meilleure synthèse disponible sur une période charnière, aussi bien pour l'Empire romain que pour le développement de l'Occident moderne ".The Times" Un livre fondamental sur un sujet difficile : pourquoi les Romains ont cherché à éradiquer Juifs et judaïsme. Seul Martin Goodman pouvait écrire cette histoire ".Tablet" Un livre remarquable et une vision rafraîchissante ".History Today" Entre le petit royaume d'Israël et l'immense empire romain, la lutte n'était comparable qu'au combat entre David et Goliath. L'ouvrage de Martin Goodman se situe dans cette perspective. ""[...] Voici un livre utile car " tout nous ramène aux Grecs ". L'auteur a accompli pour nous un travail colossal de compilation - au bon sens du terme- qui permet de se faire une idée précise de l'espace, des enjeux, des personnages et des évènements. "Gérard Guicheteau, Famille Chrétienne , 28 Février 09"Cet ouvrage, considéré comme la référence, nous aide à comprendre les racines et les conséquences de ce conflit et présente les bouleversements qui suivirent."Ouest-France , 28 Mars 09"Martin Goodman offre ainsi à son lecteur le tableau saisissant de deux cités dont le destin s'entrecroise pour dessiner durablement le sort d'un peuple.."Bassir Amiri, l'Humanité , 30 Mars 09"C'est le long et fascinant récit d'un face à face qui se transforma en affrontement radical dont les conséquences perdurent quelque deux mille ans plus tard.""Avec autant de finesse que d'érudition Martin Goodman démonte l'engrenage absurde qui porté au pire."Marc Semo, Libération , 02 Avril 09"Cet universitaire anglais retrace la naissance de l'antisémitisme dans l'Empire romain."Stéphane Boiron, Le Figaro littéraire , 16 Avril 09"..un livre important, vivant et passionnant."Frédéric Valloire, Valeurs actuelles , 23 Avril 09"La grande richesse de son livre ne peut qu'inciter à sa lecture.""...Martin Goodman apporte une contribution majeure, avec la liberté de celui qui maîtrise la documentation et tente d'en tirer les conclusions les plus convaincantes."Maurice Sartre, Le Monde des Livres , 24 Avril 09

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Bullying is a social phenomenon that defines the contemporary workplace. In France, workplace bullying has emerged as a subject of intense interest and controversy. This study contextualises and analyses a new wave of fictional storytelling that has emerged in France since the year 2000.

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The Bible itself calls the Jewish people 'a company of nations, ' suggesting that differences within Judaism is not a new phenomenon. It has continued throughout Jewish history, and this book investigates how and why such differences have been tolerated. Drawing on examples from different geographical areas and from ancient times to the present, the book considers why Jews sometimes attempt to impose constraints on other Jews or relate to them as if they were not Jews at all, but at other times recognize differences of practice and belief and develop ways of handling them. In doing so, they provide an insight into a history of Judaism as a complex web of interactions between groups of Jews despite grounds for mutual antagonism. Substantial introductory chapters lay out the issues and provide an extensive survey of cases of toleration within Judaism over the past 2,000 years, outlining possible structural reasons for them. Each of the eight chapters that follow takes a specific case, attempting to explain it in light of the models outlined in the Introduction. Presented in chronological order, these examples have been selected to reflect a spectrum of responses, from grudging forbearance to enthusiastic welcome of difference. Covering both practice and theology, each case is presented in depth with full documentation. The Conclusion provides an overview of the patterns of tolerance that have emerged and discusses the implications for writing the history of Judaism as a narrative more complex than either a linear progression from the Bible to the present, with variations presented as deviations, or as a model of overlapping 'Judaisms.' This innovative book sheds light on an important and overlooked aspect of the history of Judaism and will have broad appeal, not only for students and scholars of Judaism, but for students of religious studies more generally