The Jews of Italy
Subtitle: Antiquity
By: by Shlomo Simonsohn
Series: Brill's series in Jewish studies ; 52
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sept. 22, 2014
Place of publication: Leiden, Netherlands; Boston, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9789004282353
Copyright date: 2014
Notes: This publication has been typeset in the multilingual 'Brill' typeface.
Table of contents: pagenum: xi
title: List of Plates; pagenum: 1
title: Introduction: Sources and Methodology; title: Historical Background
pagenum: 13
label: 1; pagenum: 13
title: First Contacts; pagenum: 20
title: Under the Julio-Claudian Caesars; pagenum: 31
title: The Flavian Period; pagenum: 43
title: The Nervan-Antonine Dynasty; pagenum: 53
title: The Severi and the Last Pagan Emperors to Constantine; pagenum: 59
title: The Christian Empire until the Division; pagenum: 69
title: The Divided Empire and the Decline of the West; title: Jewish Settlements and Their Demography
pagenum: 78
label: 2; pagenum: 78
title: Rome; pagenum: 85
title: The Islands: Sicily, Lipari, Malta and Sardinia; pagenum: 94
title: Southern Mainland Italy; pagenum: 102
title: The Mainland North of Rome; pagenum: 107
title: Demography; pagenum: 113
title: Excursus: Proselytism; title: The Jews and the Law
pagenum: 118
label: 3; pagenum: 118
title: Civil Status; pagenum: 125
title: Roman Jewry Law, Privileges, Charters and Decrees; pagenum: 131
title: The Christian Empire; pagenum: 136
title: Civil Service; pagenum: 141
title: Slaves and Circumcision; pagenum: 145
title: Other Roman Civil Laws on Jews; pagenum: 154
title: Jewish Law and Jurisdiction; title: The Socio-Economic Setting
pagenum: 157
label: 4; pagenum: 157
title: The Economy of Italian Jewry under Roman Rule (1); pagenum: 164
title: The Economy of Italian Jewry under Roman Rule (2); pagenum: 172
title: Taxes and Imposts; title: Jews and Judaism as the Roman Pagans Saw Them
pagenum: 177
label: 5; pagenum: 177
title: The Significance of the Texts and Their Impact; pagenum: 181
title: The Beginnings; pagenum: 188
title: From Pompey’s Conquest to the Principate; pagenum: 196
title: The Age of Augustus; pagenum: 204
title: The Flavians and the Severi; pagenum: 208
title: Tacitus, Juvenal and Sueton; pagenum: 214
title: In Rome and the Provinces; pagenum: 220
title: Cassius Dio and the Last Pagan Authors; title: Rome and Romans as the Jews Saw Them
pagenum: 231
label: 6; pagenum: 231
title: First Contacts; pagenum: 236
title: The Pagan Emperors; pagenum: 245
title: Rome and Romans; pagenum: 252
title: More on Rome and Romans and Some Dire Predictions; title: Judaism and Christianity
pagenum: 263
label: 7; pagenum: 263
title: The Birth of Christianity and Its Diffusion; pagenum: 270
title: The Early Fathers of the Church and Judaism; pagenum: 281
title: The Fathers of the Church after the Victory of Christianity; pagenum: 289
title: Augustine and His Age; pagenum: 293
title: Jews on Jesus and Christianity; pagenum: 298
title: Min, Minim, Minuth; pagenum: 301
title: The Church Fathers and Rabbinic Views on Christianity; title: The Culture of Italian Jewry
pagenum: 307
label: 8; pagenum: 307
title: Hellenism; pagenum: 311
title: The 'Am ha’Areẓ; pagenum: 314
title: Assimilation and Acculturation; pagenum: 322
title: Links of the Judaean Centre with Italy; pagenum: 330
title: Scholars and Their Writings: From Caeciilus of Calacte to Josephus; pagenum: 340
title: The Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum and Beyond; title: The Jewish Community
pagenum: 350
label: 9; pagenum: 350
title: The Roots; pagenum: 359
title: The Ritual in the Synagogue; pagenum: 362
title: Some Archaeological Evidence: Inscriptions; pagenum: 367
title: The Officers; pagenum: 376
title: Instruction and Schools; pagenum: 380
title: Other Communal Institutions; pagenum: 385
title: Conclusion; pagenum: 393
title: Bibliography; pagenum: 452
title: Index of Persons; pagenum: 460
title: Geographical Index; pagenum: 464
title: Subject Index; pagenum: 471
title: Plates