A study of Jewish life, and literature about the Jews, in the Mediterranean diaspora from 323 BCE-117 CE. Focuses on Egypt, discussing, inter alia, riots and counter-riots in Alexandria in 38-41, during which many Jews were killed or injured; anti-Jewish polemics in the works of…
Most studies of Jews in the period from Alexander to Trajan have concentrated almost exclusively on Jerusalem and Judea. In this book, John Barclay assembles and analyzes evidence about the Jewish communities in Egypt, Syria, Cyrenaica, Rome, and Asia. Barclay's goal is to descr…
Most studies of Jews in the period from Alexander to Trajan have concentrated almost exclusively on Jerusalem and Judea. In this book, John Barclay assembles and analyzes evidence about the Jewish communities in Egypt, Syria, Cyrenaica, Rome, and Asia. Barclay's goal is to descr…