TY - BOOK ID - 14043932 TI - Rewriting ancient Jewish history : the history of the Jews in Roman times and the new historical method PY - 2016 SN - 9781138641488 9781315630458 1138641480 1315630451 9781317247067 9781317247074 PB - New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group DB - UniCat KW - Jews KW - History KW - Historiography. KW - Historiography KW - Juifs KW - Histoire KW - Historiographie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14043932 AB - "Half a century ago, the primary contours of the history of the Jews in Roman times were not subject to much debate. This standard account collapsed, however, when a handful of insights undermined the traditional historical method, the method long enlisted by historians for eliciting facts from sources. In response to these insights, a new historical method gradually emerged. Rewriting Ancient Jewish History critiques the traditional historical method and makes a case for the new one, illustrating how to write anew ancient Jewish history"-- ER -