Abstract
The primary concern of the article is to provide a comprehensive review of the available evidence about Jewish interaction with the imperial cult from its beginnings during the reign of Augustus until the last Flavian emperor, Domitian. Six cases are examined: the temples built by Herod, an incident in Alexandria, an incident in Jamnia, the order of Gaius, an incident in Dora, and the offering of sacrifices at Jerusalem on behalf of the emperor and Rome. It will be argued that Herod effectively established separate but parallel sacred space for the imperial cult and the Jewish faith tradition that lasted until the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.
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