Jewish and Christian Communal Identities in the Roman World

The studies in this volume examine the unique communal patterns among Jews and Christians within Roman civic culture and their diverse responses to shared challenges under Imperial rule.

About the author

Yair Furstenberg, Ph.D. (2011) is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has published on purity in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity and on rabbinic responses to the Roman Empire.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yair Furstenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9789004321212
• ISBN: 978-90-04-32121-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 545 g
• Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Chri
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works