Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora: From Alexander to Trajan (323 Bce-117 Ce) Volume 33

Most studies of Jews in the period from Alexander to Trajan have concentrated almost exclusively on Jerusalem and Judea. In this book, John Barclay assembles and analyzes evidence about the Jewish communities in Egypt, Syria, Cyrenaica, Rome, and Asia. Barclay's ambitious goal is to describe, as precisely as the evidence allows, the varying levels of assimilation and antagonism between Jews and the non-Jewish communities in these areas for this 440-year period. With a concluding review of Jewish identity in the Diaspora as a whole, this book provides our first comprehensive and multi-faceted survey of Diaspora communities and Diaspora literature.

Author: John M. G. Barclay
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/15/1999
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.45w x 1.01d
ISBN13: 9780520218437
ISBN10: 0520218434
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | History
- History | Jewish | General
- History | World | General

About the Author
John M. G. Barclay is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Obeying the Truth: A Study of Paul's Ethics in Galatians (1988).