
The Jews in Late Ancient Rome
Evidence of Cultural Interaction in the Roman Diaspora
L.V. Rutgers(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-90-04-11928-4 (ISBN)
Description
It was long believed that Roman Jews lived in complete isolation. This book offers a refutation of this thesis. It focuses on the Jewish community in third and fourth-century Rome, and in particular on how this community related to the larger, non-Jewish world that surrounded it. Jewish archaeological remains and Jewish funerary inscriptions from Rome are examined from various angles, and compared to pagan and early Christian material and epigraphical remains. The author has shown great comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and accuracy in examining this epigraphic evidence. He also discusses the enigmatic legal treatise called the Collatio.
This volume proposes a new way in which the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in late antiquity can be studied. As such, it is an important and useful addition to the literature on Roman Jewry in the middle Empire.
This volume proposes a new way in which the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in late antiquity can be studied. As such, it is an important and useful addition to the literature on Roman Jewry in the middle Empire.
Reviews / Votes
Winner of the 1996 Keetje Hodshon Prize, awarded by the Dutch Society of Sciences.From reviews of the hardcover edition:
'It is truly a tour de force...Rutgers deserves the highest praise for his comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and accuracy in examining the epigraphic evidence. His work marks a tremendous advance over that of Leon.'
Louis H. Feldman, The Jewish Quarterly Review, 1996.
'A richly complex and fascinating book.'
Nicholas de Lange, Bulletin of Judaeo-Greek Studies, 1996.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-11928-4 (9789004119284)
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Person
Leonard Victor Rutgers, Ph.D. (1993) in Philosophy, Duke University, is Research Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences at the University of Utrecht. Among his numerous publications are The Hidden Heritage of Diaspora Judaism (1998) and Subterranean Rome. In Search of the Roots of Christianity in the Catacombs of the Eternal City (2000).