The Jews in Late Ancient Rome: Evidence of Cultural Interaction in the Roman Diaspora

Rutgers, Leonard Victor

ISBN 10: 9004119280 / ISBN 13: 9789004119284

Published by E.J. Brill, Leiden ; New York, 1995

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Small quarto in glossy purple, black & green wraps; xx, 283 pages: illustrations; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index. Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, v. 126. / Contents: Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Study of Jewish History and Archaeology in Historical Perspective: The Example of the Jewish Catacombs of Rome: The Vanished Past: 500-1550 -- The Unassimilated Rediscovery of Jewish Rome: 1550-1632 -- The Age of the Epigones and the Collectors: 1632-1750 -- The Unappealing Catacombs: 1750-1840 -- The Excavation of Jewish Rome: 1840-1940 -- Recent Developments: 1945-Present -- Chapter Two: The Archaeology of Jewish Rome: A Case-Study in the Interaction Between Jews and Non-Jews in Late Antiquity: Jewish Funerary Architecture in Late Ancient Rome -- Artistic Production in Late Antiquity: General Trends -- The Wall Paintings in the Jewish Catacombs of Rome -- Jewish Sarcophagi from Rome -- The Jewish Gold Glasses -- Lamps From Jewish Rome -- Miscellaneous Finds from the Jewish Catacombs of Rome -- Artistic Production in Roman Palestine: Some Parallels -- Evaluation of the Phenomenon of Workshop-Identity -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: References to Age at Death in the Jewish Funerary Inscriptions from Rome: Problems and Perspectives: Introduction -- References to Age at Death: a Greco-Roman Custom -- An Analysis of Jewish Inscriptional References to Age at Death: Introductory Remarks -- Approach 1: The Traditional Approach -- Approach 2: A Critique of the Traditional Approach -- Approach 3.a: A More Sophisticated Approach -- Approach 3.b: Medians -- Approach 3.c: The Survival Rate -- Approach 4: The Problem of Age-Rounding -- Approach 5.a: The Pattern of Mortality -- Approach 5.b: The Hypothetical Life Table and the Archaeological Remains -- Sociological Inferences: Jewish Women in Antiquity -- Implications -- Chapter Four: The Onomasticon of the Jewish Community of Rome: Jewish vis-?-vis non-Jewish Onomastic Practices in Late Antiquity: Introduction -- A Critique of Leon's Interpretation of Jewish Onomastic Evidence From Rome -- Aspects of Jewish Onomastic Practices in Late Ancient Rome: Looking for a Pattern -- Onomastic Preferences Among Jews in Other Parts of the Roman Empire -- The Influence of Roman Name-Giving Practices on the Jewish Onomasticon in Late Ancient Rome: The Question of the Duo and Tria Nomina -- The Semitic Names in the Jewish Epitaphs from Rome -- The Onomastic Practices of Jewish Women -- Names borne by Roman Jews as Indicators of Social Status? -- Onomastic Practices as an Indication of Interaction -- Chapter Five: The Jewish Funerary Inscriptions from Rome: Linguistic Features and Content: Introduction -- The Languages of the Jewish Funerary Inscriptions from Rome -- The Linguistic Features of the Jewish Epitaphs from Rome -The Content of the Jewish Funerary Inscriptions Implications -- Chapter Six: The Literary Production of the Jewish Community of Rome in Late Antiquity: Introduction -- The Collatio: General Characteristics -- The Collatio: A Christian or a Jewish Work? -- The Pentateuch in early Christian Thought -Why is the Collatio not a Christian Work? -- The Pentateuch in Jewish Thought -- The Collatio as a Late Ancient Jewish Treatise -- the Letter of Annas to Seneca -- Implications -- Chapter Seven: Conclusions -- Appendix: Dis Manibus in Jewish Inscriptions from Rome -- Bibliography -- Index. / "The Jews in Late Ancient Rome focusses 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. The book's point of departure is a refutation of the disputable thesis that Roman Jews lived in complete isolation. The book examines Jewish archaeological remains and Jewish funerary inscriptions from Rome from various angles, and compares them with Pagan and early Christian material and epigraphical remains. In the last part the author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jews in Late Ancient Rome: Evidence of Cultural Interaction in the Roman Diaspora
• Publisher: E.J. Brill, Leiden ; New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004119280
• ISBN 13: 9789004119284
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very fine
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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).