Jews Among the Greeks and Romans A Diasporan Sourcebook

As one of the few groups in the Greco-Roman world to resist cultural assimilation, the Jews remained an object of fascination throughout antiquity. Here research associate Margaret Williams assembles, assesses, and contextualizes a wealth of literary and archaeological evidence relating to Jewish communities outside the land of Israel beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E. and concluding with the demise of the Jewish Patriarchate around 420 C.E. 4 illustrations.

About the author

Margaret Williams is a research associate at the Open University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Summary

Composed in accordance with Greco-Roman epigraphic conventions but written by Jews, these texts-some only recently discovered-constitute an extraordinarily rich source of information about the values and practices of Jews in antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret (Research Associate Williams, margaret h Williams, Margaret H. Williams, Margaret Williams
• Assisted by: Margaret Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.08.1998
• Subject: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780801859380
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5938-0
• Pages: 272
• Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Ancient History, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE