Martin Goodman has edited both "The Journal of Roman Studies" and "The""Journal of Jewish Studies," has taught Roman history at Birmingham and Oxford universities, and is currently professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford. A Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1996. He is the editor of "The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies," which won a National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship in 2002. He lives with his family in Birmingham, England.
"This is an important book, on a difficult subject: the reason why
the Romans, who had so much in common with the Jews, sought to
destroy the Jews and Judaism completely. Only one man could have
written it. Martin Goodman is professor of Jewish studies at Oxford
and has the unique distinction of having edited both the Journal of
Roman Studies and the Journal of Jewish Studies. This polarity of
expertise enables him to describe in a penetrating way the
terrifying Jewish revolts against Rome of AD 66-70 and 132-5, as
well as provide a fresh and convincing analysis of their origins
and consequences. . . Goodman has written a splendid book."
--Paul Johnson, "The Tablet"
"Martin Goodman's massive new treatment of two crucial centuries of
Jewish history should be read by anyone seeking seriously to
understand modern Middle Eastern tanges. . . It would be pleasing
to feel that international statesmen might draw lessons from
Goodman's lucid account of ancient tragedy."
--Diarmaid MacCulloch, "The Guardian"
"Sombre and magisterial. . . a brilliant comparative survey. . .
There can be no doubting that the issues raised by "Rome and
Jerusalem" will have a resonance with readers far beyond the
confines of university classes or theology departments. The Roman
world has begun to hold a mirror up to our own anxieties in a way
that would have appeared wholly implausible a bare decade ago. If
it was the fall of the Bastille that shaped 19th and 20th century
history, then it can sometimes seem as though the 21st century is
being shaped by the fall, nearly 2000 long years ago, of
Jerusalem."
--Tom Holland, "Sunday Times
""His style is brisk and clear, his learning prodigious and his
scope immense. . . as Goodman's compelling and timely book reminds
us, even the most pessimistic could hardly have guessed that it
would take 2000 years for [the Jews] to return to their holy city
-- or that even then, their battles would be far from over."
--Dominic Sandbrook, "Saturday""Telegraph"
""Rome and Jerusalem" is, among many other things, a history of
anti-Semitism -- or, if that term is felt to be anachronistic for
Goodman's period. . . judaophobia. . . Martin Goodman has spent his
career studying both ancient Rome and ancient Jerusalem ...He is
thus the ideal scholar to try to hack a way through these tangled
thickets of belief, prejudice and false consciousness."
--Paul Cartledge, "Sunday Telegraph
""A monumental work of scholarship ... the parallels with modern
day Baghdad are all the more resonant for Goodman studiously
avoiding them."
--Rabbi David J. Goldberg, the "Independent"
"An impressive, scholarly book."
--"The Economist"
& quot; This is an important book, on a difficult subject: the
reason why the Romans, who had so much in common with the Jews,
sought to destroy the Jews and Judaism completely. Only one man
could have written it. Martin Goodman is professor of Jewish
studies at Oxford and has the unique distinction of having edited
both the Journal of Roman Studies and the Journal of Jewish
Studies. This polarity of expertise enables him to describe in a
penetrating way the terrifying Jewish revolts against Rome of AD
66-70 and 132-5, as well as provide a fresh and convincing analysis
of their origins and consequences. . . Goodman has written a
splendid book.& quot;
-- Paul Johnson, The Tablet
" Martin Goodman ' s massive new treatment of two crucial centuries
of Jewish history should be read by anyone seeking seriously to
understand modern Middle Eastern tanges. . . It would be pleasing
to feel that international statesmen might draw lessons from
Goodman ' s lucid account of ancient tragedy. "
-- Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Guardian
" Sombre and magisterial. . . a brilliant comparative survey. . .
There can be no doubting that the issues raised by Rome and
Jerusalem will have a resonance with readers far beyond the
confines of university classes or theology departments. The Roman
world has begun to hold a mirror up to our own anxieties in a way
that would have appeared wholly implausible a bare decade ago. If
it was the fall of the Bastille that shaped 19th and 20th century
history, then it can sometimes seem as though the 21stcentury is
being shaped by the fall, nearly 2000 long years ago, of Jerusalem.
"
-- Tom Holland, Sunday Times
" His style is brisk and clear, his learning prodigious and his
scope immense. . . as Goodman ' s compelling and timely book
reminds us, even the most pessimistic could hardly have guessed
that it would take 2000 years for [the Jews] to return to their
holy city -- or that even then, their battles would be far from
over. "
-- Dominic Sandbrook, Saturday Telegraph
" Rome and Jerusalem is, among many other things, a history of
anti-Semitism -- or, if that term is felt to be anachronistic for
Goodman ' s period. . . judaophobia. . . Martin Goodman has spent
his career studying both ancient Rome and ancient Jerusalem ... He
is thus the ideal scholar to try to hack a way through these
tangled thickets of belief, prejudice and false consciousness.
"
-- Paul Cartledge, Sunday Telegraph
" A monumental work of scholarship ... the parallels with modern
day Baghdad are all the more resonant for Goodman studiously
avoiding them. "
-- Rabbi David J. Goldberg, the Independent
" An impressive, scholarly book. "
-- The Economist
" This is an important book, on a difficult subject: the reason why
the Romans, who had so much in common with the Jews, sought to
destroy the Jews and Judaism completely. Only one man could have
written it. Martin Goodman is professor of Jewish studies at Oxford
and has the unique distinction of having edited both the Journal of
Roman Studies and the Journal of Jewish Studies. This polarity of
expertise enables him to describe in a penetrating way the
terrifying Jewish revolts against Rome of AD 66-70 and 132-5, as
well as provide a fresh and convincing analysis of their origins
and consequences. . . Goodman has written a splendid book."
-- Paul Johnson, "The Tablet"
" Martin Goodman' s massive new treatment of two crucial centuries
of Jewish history should be read by anyone seeking seriously to
understand modern Middle Eastern tanges. . . It would be pleasing
to feel that international statesmen might draw lessons from
Goodman' s lucid account of ancient tragedy."
-- Diarmaid MacCulloch, "The Guardian"
" Sombre and magisterial. . . a brilliant comparative survey. . .
There can be no doubting that the issues raised by "Rome and
Jerusalem" will have a resonance with readers far beyond the
confines of university classes or theology departments. The Roman
world has begun to hold a mirror up to our own anxieties in a way
that would have appeared wholly implausible a bare decade ago. If
it was the fall of the Bastille that shaped 19th and 20th century
history, then it can sometimes seem as though the 21st century is
being shaped by the fall, nearly 2000 long years ago, of
Jerusalem."
-- Tom Holland, "SundayTimes
"" His style is brisk and clear, his learning prodigious and his
scope immense. . . as Goodman' s compelling and timely book reminds
us, even the most pessimistic could hardly have guessed that it
would take 2000 years for [the Jews] to return to their holy city
-- or that even then, their battles would be far from over."
-- Dominic Sandbrook, "Saturday" "Telegraph"
" "Rome and Jerusalem" is, among many other things, a history of
anti-Semitism -- or, if that term is felt to be anachronistic for
Goodman' s period. . . judaophobia. . . Martin Goodman has spent
his career studying both ancient Rome and ancient Jerusalem ... He
is thus the ideal scholar to try to hack a way through these
tangled thickets of belief, prejudice and false consciousness."
-- Paul Cartledge, "Sunday Telegraph
"" A monumental work of scholarship ... the parallels with modern
day Baghdad are all the more resonant for Goodman studiously
avoiding them."
-- Rabbi David J. Goldberg, the "Independent"
" An impressive, scholarly book."
-- "The Economist"
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