Jews in a Graeco-Roman Environment

Name: Jews in a Graeco-Roman Environment
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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Jews in a Graeco-Roman Environment - Context and Reception
1. The State of Diaspora Studies in 1986 and their Subsequent Development
2. The State of Jewish Epigraphy in 1986 and Subsequent Developments
3. The Roman Diaspora
4. Diaspora Communities other than Rome: Aphrodisias
Corycus and Venusia
(a) Aphrodisias
(b) Corycus
(c) Venusia
5. The Meaning and Use Ioudaios in Inscriptions
6. Conclusion
Part One: Jews of Ancient Rome
Chapter 1: The Shaping of the Identity of the Jewish Community in Rome in Antiquity
1. The formation of Jewish identity at Rome (62 B.C.E.-14 C.E.)
2. Jewish identity at Rome in the Julio-Claudian period (14-68 C.E.)
(a) External attacks
(b) Internal Challenge
3. Jewish identity at Rome in the Flavian period (70-96 C.E.) - the destruction of the Temple and its consequences
4. The modification of Jewish identity at Rome after the Bar Kochba Revolt
5. Summing up
Chapter 2: Being a Jew in Rome: Sabbath Fasting as an Expression of Romano-Jewish Identity
1. The evidence of Latin writers for the Sabbath
2. Scholarly interpretations of the evidence for Sabbath fasting
3. Sabbath fasting in early imperial Rome?
4. A possible reason for Sabbath fasting at Rome
5. Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Expulsion of the Jews from Rome in A. D. 19
Chapter 4: ?e?seß?? ??? ?? - The Jewish Tendencies of Poppaea Sabina
Chapter 5: Domitian, the Jews and the 'Judaizers' - A Simple Matter of Cupiditas and Maiestas?
1. Innovation at the Fiscus Iudaicus?
2. Fiscal abuse
3. Just cupiditas?
4. Merely maiestas?
Chapter 6: The Structure of the Jewish Community in Rome
1. A Collegiate Structure for Roman Jewry?
2. A centralised structure for Roman Jewry?
3. Conclusion
Chapter 7: The Structure of Roman Jewry Re-considered - Were the Synagogues of Ancient Rome Entirely Homogeneous?
Chapter 8: Exarchon - An Unsuspected Jewish Liturgical Title from Ancient Rome
1. The Exarchon as a Ruler-Figure
(a) The exarchon as an equivalent of the archon
(b) The exarchon as someone senior to the archon
2. Exarchein and exarchos in pre-Hellenistic literature (Homer to Heracleides of Cumae)
3. Exarchein in the Septuagint
4. Exarchein and exarchos in Philo Iudaeus
5. The Exarchons of Jewish Rome
Chapter 9: Alexander, bubularus de macello - Humble Sausage-Seller or Europe's First Identifiable Purveyor of Kosher Beef?
1. Alexander's epitaph in its Jewish context
2. Alexander's epitaph in its Roman context
3. Alexander, bubularus de macello
Chapter 10: The Organization of Jewish Burials in Ancient Rome in the Light of Evidence from Palestine and the Diaspora
Chapter 11: Image and Text in the Jewish Epitaphs of Late Ancient Rome
1. Overview of the Evidence
2. Text and Image on Élite Memorials
3. Text and Image on the Memorials of the Marginally Élite
4. Text and Image on Non-Élite Memorials
5. Conclusion
Chapter 11 - Appendices 1 and 2
Appendix 1 - Alphabetical list of incised and painted symbols
Appendix 2 - Principal Clusters of Symbols
Part Two: Diaspora Studies
Chapter 12: Tiberius and the Disobliging Grammarian of Rhodes: Suetonius, Vita Tiberi 32.2 Re-considered
1. The Jewish Identity of Diogenes
2. Implications
Chapter 13: The Jews and Godfearers Inscription from Aphrodisias - A Case of Patriarchal Interference in Early Third-Century Caria?
Chapter 14: The Jewish Community of Corycus: Two More Inscriptions
Chapter 15: The Jews of Corycus - A Neglected Diasporan Community from Roman Times
Chapter 15 - Appendix
Chapter 16: The Jews of Early Byzantine Venusia: The Family of Faustinus I, the Father
1. Introduction
2. Jewish Inhumation Practices at Venusia
3. Relationship Between the Epitaphs in D2 and D7
4. The Faustini Family Tree (see Fig. 2)
5. Change in the Family of Faustinus, the Father
(a) Social status
(b) Acculturation
(c) Changing ways of expressing self-identity
6. Conclusion
Chapter 17: The Meaning and Function of Ioudaios in Graeco-Roman Inscriptions
1. The Meaning of Ioudaios
(a) Ioudaios as a personal name
(b) Ioudaios as a Geographical Indicator?
(c) Ioudaios as an Indicator of Status within the Jewish Community
2. The Function of Ioudaios
(a) Ioudaios in a Jewish context
(b) Ioudaios in a non-Jewish context
3. The Interpretation of Ioudaios on some Stones whose Original Context is Unknown
4. Conclusion
Chapter 17 - Appendices 1 and 2
Appendix 1
(i) Ioudaios as a personal name
(ii) Ioudaios in a Jewish context
(iii) Ioudaios in a non-Jewish context
(iv) Ioudaios where the original context is unknown
(v) Uncertain instances of Ioudaios
Appendix 2 - Aurelia Artemeis Ioudea (sic) of Termessos
(a) The Evidence for Aurelia Artemeis and her Family
(b) Stemma of the Family of Aurelia Artemeis
(c) The Meaning of Ioudea in TAM III no. 448
Part Three: Onomastic Studies
Chapter 18: Palestinian Jewish Names in Acts
Summary
1. Palestinian Jews in Acts in English Alphabetical Order
2. First names
a. Hebrew
b. Aramaic
c. Greek
d. Latin
3. Second Names
a. Aramaic
b. Greek
c. Latin
4. General Character of the Palestinian Jewish onomasticon
Appendix - Palestinian Jews in Acts - the doubtful cases
Chapter 19: The Use of Alternative Names by Diaspora Jews in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
1. Extent of double naming in the Jewish Diaspora
2. Reasons for the use of alternative names by Diaspora Jews
(a) Cases where the Need to Distinguish between Homonymous Members of the Community was Paramount
(b) Cases where Context is Likely to have been the Key Determinant
(c) Religious Conversion as the Reason for the Adoption of an Alternative Name
3. Conclusion
Chapter 19 - Appendix
Chapter 20: The Case for Jewish Use of Moses as a Personal Name in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
1. Jewish Use of the Name Moses at Athens and Corycus (CIJ II no. 793 and CIJ I no. 713)
2. Further Evidence for Jewish Use of the Name Moses in Antiquity
3. Conclusion
Chapter 21: Jewish Festal Names in Antiquity - A Neglected Area of Onomastic Research
1. A Problematic Aspect of the Evidence?
2. Overview of Jewish Festivals
3. Jewish Festal Names before and during the Persian Period
4. The Hellenistic and Early Roman Imperial Periods (c. 320 B.C.E.-135 C.E.)
5. The Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods (third-sixth centuries C.E.)
6. Concluding Remarks
Chapter 22: Semitic Name-Use by Jews in Roman Asia Minor and the Dating of the Aphrodisias Stele Inscriptions
1. Evidence for Jewish Settlement in Asia Minor
2. The Jewish Use of Semitic Names
3. Hierapolis
4. Sardis
5. Aphrodisias
6. Conclusion
Chapter 22 - Appendices
Appendix Ia: Hierapolis: List of Epigraphically Attested Jews
Appendix Ib: Hierapolis: List of Names Borne by Jews
Appendix II: Jews Known by Name from the Sardis Synagogue Inscriptions
Appendix IIIa: Aphrodisias: Jews Listed on Face B
Appendix IIIb: Aphrodisias: Jews Listed on Face A
Cumulative Bibliography
Index of Citations and References
Jewish Sources
(i) Old Testament and Associated Writings
(ii) Jewish Diasporan Writers
(iii) Rabbinic texts
Greek and Latin Authors
Christian Writers
(i) New Testament
(ii) Non-Canonical Christian Writings
Legal Texts
Documentary Sources (Coins, Inscriptions and Papyri)
(i) Coins
(ii) Inscriptions
(iii) Papyri
Index of Modern Authors
Index of People, Places and Subjects
1. People
2. Places
3. Subjects

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