BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220210T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T035011 CREATED:20211002T210548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220717T013520Z UID:271-1644519600-1644523200@www.mediterraneanstudies.ca SUMMARY:Jews in the Roman Army: Cultures in Conflict DESCRIPTION:Christopher Zeichmann\, Emmanuel College\, University of Toronto\n\nThe relationship between the Jewish people and the Roman Empire was not a happy one – marked by three famous Jewish revolts. Due in part to this tension\, as well as conflicts with sabbath observance\, dietary restrictions\, and other issues\, there is a common wisdom that Jews never served in the Roman army or\, if they did\, that they were apostates. Contrary to such beliefs\, this paper will argue that there were many Jewish men who served in the Roman army\, finding ways to navigate their religious scruples within the structures of the military. How did these men understand their own Judaism and Jewishness? \n\n\nDr. Christopher B. Zeichmann (he/they) completed his Ph.D. at the Toronto School of Theology. His books include The Roman Army and the New Testament (2018) and Essential Essays for the Study of the Military in First Century Palestine (2019). He presently teaches at Ryerson University and Emmanuel College at the University of Toronto and serves as project manager of Brown University’s Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine project. URL:https://www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/jews-inthe-roman-army/ LOCATION:Online with Zoom CATEGORIES:Toronto Chapter END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR