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Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman cities / edited by John R. Barlett.

Contributor(s): Bartlett, John R. (John Raymond)
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002Description: xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415186382Subject(s): Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D | Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D | Jews -- Civilization -- To 70 A.D | Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D | HellenismDDC classification: 909/.04924 LOC classification: DS122 | .J55 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: studying the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity / Sean Freyne -- The Hellenistic city of Jerusalem / Lester L. Grabbe -- Synagogue and community in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora / Tessa Rajak -- The Jews in the Hellenistic cities of Acts / Fearghus Ó Fearghail -- Population and proselytism: how many Jews were there in the ancient world? / Brian McGing -- Jewish calendar reckoning in the Graeco-Roman cities / Sacha Stern -- The Essenes in Greek sources: some reflections / John Dillon -- Apologetics in the Jewish Diaspora / John Barclay -- Philo, Alexandria and empire: the politics of allegorical interpretation / Jonathan Dyck -- Ethnic continuity in the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity / Gideon Bohak -- Aspects of everyday life in Roman Palestine with special reference to private domiciles and ritual baths / Eric M. Meyers.
Holdings
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West DS122 .J55 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902197082

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.

Introduction: studying the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity / Sean Freyne -- The Hellenistic city of Jerusalem / Lester L. Grabbe -- Synagogue and community in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora / Tessa Rajak -- The Jews in the Hellenistic cities of Acts / Fearghus Ó Fearghail -- Population and proselytism: how many Jews were there in the ancient world? / Brian McGing -- Jewish calendar reckoning in the Graeco-Roman cities / Sacha Stern -- The Essenes in Greek sources: some reflections / John Dillon -- Apologetics in the Jewish Diaspora / John Barclay -- Philo, Alexandria and empire: the politics of allegorical interpretation / Jonathan Dyck -- Ethnic continuity in the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity / Gideon Bohak -- Aspects of everyday life in Roman Palestine with special reference to private domiciles and ritual baths / Eric M. Meyers.

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