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Historisches Institut: Vortrag „Ethos, Circumcision, and the Egyptian Priests. Law between the Centre and the Periphery“

Second century papyri document procedure to allow circumcision of boys from priestly families. This measure developed to evade the universal ban on circumcision introduced by the Roman authority possibly as a means of anti-Jewish repression following the so-called Diaspora Revolt. The requests are made and granted ‘according to the custom’, which seems to have a normative value. If so, this case-study, confronted with other papyrological evidence, may contribute to the research on application of the local laws by the Romans: the first question of the juristic papyrology since its foundation, and thus elucidate the tension between the centre and the periphery in the world of a legal plurality.

A lecture by Jakub Urbanik (Warsaw).

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Jakub Urbanik

Event Type

Vortrag/Vortragsveranstaltung

Subject Field

Geschichte

Faculty

Philosophische Fakultät

Date

Begin
17.06.2025, 18:00
End
17.06.2025, 20:00
Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliches Sommerfest 2025 + Berlin-Brandenburgischer Abend für Alte Geschichte im Sommer 2025

Organizer

Historisches Institut Geschichte des Altertums

Location

Universität Potsdam, Campus I - Am Neuen Palais, 1.11.0.09
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam
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Contact

Filippo Carlà-Uhink
Am Neuen Palais 10
14469 Potsdam

Phone: 03319771262