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Soci
Samuele
Rocca curriculum vitae
School of Architecture, Ariel University
School of Design, Haifa University.
e-mail: roccasam@netvision.net.il
TEMI DI RICERCA
Judaism Second Temple Period; Josephus;
Hellenistic Judaism; Legal position of Jews in the Roman Empire; military
history of the Jews.
PUBBLICAZIONI
Riviste internazionali e Proceedings di
congressi
1999: “A Hellenistic Columbarium at Ziqim”, Atiqot XXXVIII, 1999, in
collaborazione con Boaz Zissu.
2005: “The Book of Judith and Queen Sholmzion”,
Materia giudaica X, 1, 2005, pp. 85-98.
2006: “A Jewish Gladiator in Pompeii”, Materia giudaica XI, 2006,
pp. 303-313.
2006: “Josephus and the Psalms of Solomon on Herod Messianic
Aspirations”, in Z. Rodgers (ed.), Making History: Josephus and Historical
Method, Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 110, Leiden 2006.
2009: “The Jews of Rome and the politics of the Late Republic”, XV World
Congress of Jewish Studies, published on line.
2010: “Back to Masada: A Retrospective of a Retrospective, Review of A.
Ben Tor, Back to Masada”, Jerusalem, Yad Ben Zvi,
2009, in Zion LXXV, 2010, pp. 505-508.
2010: “Josephus, Suetonius, and Tacitus on the Military Service of the
Jews of Rome: Discrimination or Norm?”, Italia XX, 2010, pp. 7-30.
2010: “Diritto Ebraico ed
Ebrei nell’Impero Romano, Recensione del libro del Professore A.M. Rabello”, Ebraismo e Diritto. Studi sul Diritto Ebraico e
gli Ebrei nell'Impero Romano scelti e raccolti da F. Lucrezi”
in Rivista di Diritto Romano X, 2010.
2010: “Ehud Netzer (1934-2010) – In Memoriam”,
Henoch XXXII, 2010/2.
2010: “Ehud Netzer (1934-2010) – A
Bibliography”, Henoch XXXII, 2010/2.
2011: “The Purposes and Functions of the Synagogue in Late Second Temple
Period Judaea: Evidence from Josephus and Archaeological Investigation” in J.
Pastor, P. Stern, M. Mor (eds.), Flavius Josephus,
Interpretation and History, Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
146, Leiden 2011.
2014: “The Late Republic and Hasmonean Judaea”, Athenaeum 102, 2014, pp.
47-78.
2014: “Domitian’ Attitude towards the Jews in the Light of his
Numismatic Output”, in Zissu, B. (ed.), Israel
Numismatic Journal 18, Volume in Memory of Dan Barag,
pp. 122-145.
2014: “The Hasmonean State and Rome: A New appraisal”, Revue des Études Juives 172, 2013, pp. 263-295.
2014: “Tourism in the Holy Land in the Crusader Era - the role of
Agricultural Output and Manufacturing Activity”, Tourism Economics 20, 2014
(together with Jeffrey Kantor).
2014: “Spatia et Tempora
Regis”, The Spatial and Temporal Relationship between the Herodian Ruler and
his Palace”, Eretz – Israel 31, Ehud Netzer Book, pp.
386-397.
2014: “The Jews as Minority Group in the Middle and Late Republic”,
Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia 12, 2014, pp. 7-24.
2015: “Recensione di Derek J. Penslar, Jews in the Military, A History, Princeton
University Press, Princeton (N.J.) 2013”, Rassegna Mensile d’Israel (da pubblicarsi).
2015: “In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The Organization of the Jewish
Communities in Roman Italy in Late Antiquity”, Rassegna
Mensile d’Israel (da pubblicarsi).
2016: “La Legge di
Israele”, in Pierangelo Buongiorno, Raffaele D’Alessio and Natale Rampazzo (eds.), Diritti antichi. Percorsi e confronti, I. Area
Mediterranea 1. Oriente, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli 2016, pp.
185-251.
2016: “A Meaningful Statement: King Agrippa II Address to the Jews on
the Eve of the War”, Mediterraneo antico, Economie Società Culture.
2016: “From Collegium to Ecclesia: The Changing Outer Framework of the
Jewish Communities in Roman Italy”, Proceedings of the Congress Citizenship(s)
and Political-Religious Self-Definitions in the Roman Empire, Aix-en-Provence,
September 2014.
2016: “The Impact of the Barbarian invasions on the Jews of Roman Italy:
New Perspectives”, Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia 14,
2016, 41-56.
2017: “In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The Organization of the Jewish
Communities in Roman Italy in Late Antiquity”, Rassegna
Mensile d’Israel 83.2-3,
2017, 93-118.
2017: “In the Shadow of the Temple: Depicting the Menorah in Ancient
Art”, in F. Leone, La Menorà, culto,
storia, e mito, Torino
2017, 128-168.
2017: “Work entries”, in F.
Leone, La Menorà, culto, storia, e mito, Torino 2017,
304-326.
2017: “The Collatio and the Future of Rome”,
in Iura and Legal Systems 4, 2017, published online,
1-36. (http://www.unisa.it/uploads/14518/opinioni_2017_rocca_pronto.pdf)
2017: “La Collatio ed il futuro di Roma”, in Francesco Lucrezi, Il deposito in diritto ebraico e romano, Studi
sulla “Collatio” VIII, 2017, 59-90.
2016: From Human Freedom to Divine Intervention: Agrippa II Address on
the Eve of the Jewish War, The Future of Rome: Roman, Greek, Jewish and
Christian Visions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2020, 130-154.
2017: “The Jewish War and Rome’s Urban Renewal”, in Printed Matter,
Essays, August 2017, Centro Primo Levi New York, Published online
(http://primolevicenter.org/printed-matter/the-jewish-war-and-romes-urban-renewal/)
2017: "Recension du livre Hérode, de
Mireille Hadas-Lebel, Fayard
2017"; Revue des Études Juives 177, 2018.
2017: “In the Shadow of the Temple: Depicting the Menorah in Ancient
Art”, in F. Leone, La Menorà, culto,
storia, e mito, Torino
2017, 128-168.
2018: "The Source of Herod's Eagle on the Façade of the Temple:
Eastern-Hellenistic or Roman", Israel Numismatic Research 13, 2018,
85-101.
2018: "Herod's Eagle: An Iconographic
Study", Mediterraneo antico, Economie Società Culture XXI, 1-2, 477-509.
2019: "Not so bleak - Being Jewish
in Flavian Rome", Rivista Zakhor,
Rivista di storia degli ebrei d’Italia, Nuova Serie, Vol. 2, 2019, 53-100.
2019: "Masada non
cadrà mai più! Il mito di Masada nella cultura politica israeliana", Keshet, Ebraismo, Israele, Cultura, Politica, XVI, 1-2,
2019, 25-37.
2019: "Foreigners at Home: The Historical Geography and Demography
of the Jews of Ancient Rome". Ancient Cities, 1 - Roman Imperial Cities in
the East and in Central-Southern Italy. Edited by Nathanel
Andreade, Carlo Marcaccini, Giulia Marconi, Donata
Violante. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider: 438-467.
2019: "From Collegium to Ecclesia: The Changing Outer Framework of
the Jewish Communities in Roman Italy". In the Crucible of Empire, The
Impact of Roman Citizenship upon Greeks, Jews and Christians, Interdisciplinary
Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion 21. Edited by Jonathan Price and Katell Berthelot. Leuven: Peeters
Publishers (2019), 217-248.
2019: “Vespasian and Titus came out crowned with laurel, and clothed in
those ancient purple habits (Josephus, War VII.124)”, in The Arch of Titus,
From Jerusalem to Rome and Back, edited by Steven Fine and Jacob Wisse, Brill 2021, 43-53.
2020: "The Liturgical Language of the Jews in Roman Italy",
Materia giudaica XXV (2020), 1-18.
2020: Recensione del libro
Il mistero del Tempio, La rivolta ebraica sotto Traiano, Piccoli Saggi 61,
Roma, Salerno editrice 2018, di Livia Capponi, Rassegna Mensile d’Israel 86
(2021).
2020: "The Legions of Cannae, The First Professional Army of the
Roman Republic", Nuova Antologia Militare (NAM 2, 6, 2021), 93-122.
2021: "Now These Are the Names, The Names of the Jews of Imperial
Rome as Mirror of their Urban Identity", The Ancient City 2, Amministrazione, vita politica, cultura e società della città antica (Potenza, June
24-26, 2018). Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider:
109-133.
2021: "There was a middle ruling class amongst the Jews of Roman
Italy? An elaboration of the thesis of Paul Veyne",
Social History of the Jews in Antiquity, Studies in Dialogue with Albert
Baumgarten, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 185, Edited by Michal
Bar-Asher Siegal and Jonathan Ben-Dov, Tübingen 2021.
2023: “Salomè Alessandra,
Tigrane II, e Roma, un trattato inedito di alleanza tra la Repubblica Romana e
la Giudea tramandato da Josippon”, Codex 4, 2023,
175-192.
2024: “Sharing the Burden: Jewish Soldiers in the Roman Army in the
Second and Third Centuries CE”, AJS Review 49, 2025, 450-473
2024: “Revisiting the Tomb of the Maccabees”, Antico Oriente
Mediterraneo – Mediterranean Ancient East 1, 2024,
54-87.
2024: “A Jewish Gladiator at Pompeii - Reassessing the Evidence”,
Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture 17, 2024, 1-30
2024: “The Depiction of the Jewish Warrior and His Weapons on the Judaea
Capta Coinage”, RUHM - Revista
Universitaria de Historia Militar
- Dossier "Vencidos, pero
no olvidados".
2024: with Cristina Bettin, “Fighting -
Rescuing and Building - The Jewish Palestinian Soldiers in Italy”, Modern
Judaism 44, 2024
2024: “Sealing the Jewish War - The Speeches of Eleazar ben Yair
Reconsidered”, Rassegna Mensile
di Israele 87, 2024.
2024: "A Silent Minority, The Social Spectrum and Occupational
Framework of the Jews in Imperial Rome and Ostia", Matera - The Ancient
City 3, Grecia e Roma, Aspetti della
vita sociale, politica e culturale (Potenza, 2-4 October 2019). Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider 2024,
383-400.
2024: "Jews in Late Antique Rome", in Catherine Hezser (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in
Late Antiquity, Routledge 2024, 463-475.
2024: "The Jewish War: Josephus Prophetic Interpretation of History",
in Kenneth Atkinson (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Josephus, Oxford University Press
2024.
2025: "The Fighting Experience of the Jewish Brigade Group and Its
Influence on the Creation of the IDF", Nuova Antologia
Militare (NAM 24, 6, 2025), 383-430.
2025: with Cristina Bettin, “Anchors of
Alliance: How the Italian Royal Navy Shaped the Israeli Navy and Contributed to
the Establishment of the State of Israel”, Journal of Military History.
2025: “Menelaus the High Priest and the Gymnasium”, Electrum, Journal of
Ancient History 31, 2024.
Libri
2008: The Forts of Judaea 168 BC – 73 AD, Fortress Series 65, Osprey
Publishing 2008.
2008: Herod’s Judaea – A Mediterranean State in the Classical World,
Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 122, Tübingen 2008.
2010: The Army of Herod the Great, Men at Arms Series 443 – Osprey
Publishing 2010.
2010: The Fortifications of Ancient Israel and Judah, Fortress Series
91, Osprey Publishing 2010.
2012: La Brigata Ebraica, e
le unità ebraiche nell’esercito
2022: In the Shadow of the Caesars, Jewish Life in Roman Italy, The
Brill Reference Library of Judaism 74, Brill 2022.
2021: Mai più Masada cadrà,
storia e mito della Fortezza di Erode, Mosaici 15, Salerno editrice Roma.
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