Jews in the Late Roman Empire
Journal: Scripta classica Israelica
Year: 2020

It was formerly assumed that Judaism ceased to relate to Graeco-Roman society after the destruction of the Temple in 70 and the banning of Jews from Jerusalem after Bar Kochba's defeat in 135.'Hated and despised by the world, Israel turned in on herself.Perishuth, "unsociability", became a social requirement', Ernest Renan had written.* 1 Harnack wrote in 1908: 'It seems to me unquestionable that Judaism henceforth slackened her tie with Hellenism, in order to drop it alto gether as time went on