Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos
"These chapters are fascinating, highly readable and well-illustrated throughout and the archival photos from digs at Dura-Europos in the 1930s are beautiful and atmospheric. For those of us unlucky enough not to get to the exhibition, Edge of Empires is a thoroughly satisfying summary of life in an extraordinary ancient town which endured for over five hundred years, and from which much can be learned, not least concerning the inter-action between Jews, Christians and pagans there."--Rabbi Dr. Charles H. Middleburgh, Middleburgh Blog "Edge of Empires serves as an excellent introduction to the current state of research on community and identity at Dura-Europos, as well as a useful starting point for those interested in approaching the scholarship (much in French) of Dura as a whole."--Robyn Le Blanc, Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie "The contributors to this volume are to be commended for putting together a highly readable and informative account of everyday life in a Roman frontier town that was often imperiled by foreign conquest."--Grant Havers, European Legacy
Jennifer Y. Chi is exhibitions director and chief curator at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Sebastian Heath is research assistant professor of ancient studies at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.