"Will this one never be brought down?": Reflections of Jewish hopes for the downfall of the Roman Empire in biblical exegesis

Vered Noam

doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108860000

"Will this one never be brought down?": Reflections of Jewish hopes for the downfall of the Roman Empire in biblical exegesis

Vered Noam

Department of Jewish Philosophy

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R. Nachman opened [his homily, with the verse]: “therefore fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid” (Jer. 30:10). This speaks of Jacob himself, [for it is written:] “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it” (Gen. 28:12). R. Samuel b. Nachman said: do you think that these were angels? These were not angels, but rather the princes of the nations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The future of Rome
Subtitle of host publication	Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian visions
Editors	Jonathan J. Price, Katell Berthelot
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	9
Pages	169-188
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781108494816
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108860000
State	Published - 2020

Keywords

Rome -- Forecasting
רומי -- חיזוי
روما -- التوقع

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Dead Sea scrolls -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Jews -- History -- Bar Kokhba Rebellion, 132-135
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
Rome in rabbinical literature
Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

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"Will this one never be brought down?" : Reflections of Jewish hopes for the downfall of the Roman Empire in biblical exegesis. / Noam, Vered.

The future of Rome: Roman, Greek, Jewish and Christian visions. ed. / Jonathan J. Price; Katell Berthelot. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020. p. 169-188.

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"Will this one never be brought down?": Reflections of Jewish hopes for the downfall of the Roman Empire in biblical exegesis

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