Jewish Rights in the Roman World - The Greek and Roman Documents Quoted by Josephus Flavius.
[SERIES]: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism / Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum [TSAJ, Edited by Martin Hengel und Peter Schäfer] - 74.
Author
Pucci Ben Zeev, Miriam
Place of Publication
Tübingen
Publication Name
Mohr Siebeck
Year
1998
Language(s)
English Greek
Description
RARE edition of the Greek texts, with translation and philological and historical annotations, of the Greek and Roman documents pertaining to the Jewish rights quoted by Josephus Flavius. The author gives a comprehensive treatment of the documents dealing with the rights enjoyed in Roman times by Jews both in Judea and in diaspora, and compares them with rights enjoyed by other peoples of the Roman empire of a crucial period in history: first century BCE and first century CE. 235x160mm. XVI+520 pages. Dark-blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket yellowing and dirty. Jacket hinges/edges partly torn/tattared and taped. Rear cover edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This rare book of Greek legal documents dealing with the Jews, of utmost importance for historians of the Greco-Roman world, late Second Temple Period Judaism and early Christianity, is otherwise in very good condition.