"The reality of diaspora has shaped Jewish history, its demography, its economic relationships, and the politics which that impacted the lives of Jews with each other and with the non-Jews among whom they lived. Jews have moved around the globe since the beginning of their histo…
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…
A comprehensive study of Jews in the classical world. Articles examine Jerusalem and other Jewish communities on the Mediterranean, as found in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo.
"The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Greek and Latin-spreaking Jews living in the Mediterranean diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches."
"The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Jews living in the Mediterranean Jewish diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches. By the fifth century, much of the rich material evide…
The alliance of the Roman Empire with the emerging orthodox Christian church in the early fourth century had profound consequences for the large population of Greek- (and Latin- )speaking Jews living across the Mediterranean diaspora. No known writings survive from diaspora Jews…
