Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities

'Altogether, these are important and illuminating studies ... This is a stimulating and successful work.' - Professor W.H.C. Frend, Church Times'This volume ... is full of good things and will, I am sure, prove to be a useful addition to the growing number of works on the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world.' - Margaret H. WIlliams, Journal of Jewsish Studies

• List of figures, List of contributors, List of abbreviations, 1 Introduction: studying the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity, 2 The Hellenistic city of Jerusalem, 3 Synagogue and community in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora, 4 The Jews in the Hellenistic cities of Acts, 5 Synagogue communities in the Graeco-Roman cities, 6 Population and proselytism: how many Jews were there in the ancient world?, 7 Jewish calendar reckoning in the Graeco-Roman cities, 8 The Essenes in Greek sources: some reflections, 9 Apologetics in the Jewish Diaspora, 10 Philo, Alexandria and Empire: the politics of allegorical interpretation, 11 Ethnic continuity in the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity, 12 Aspects of everyday life in Roman Palestine with special reference to private domiciles and ritual baths, Bibliography, Index