The Jews in Late Ancient Rome: Evidence of Cultural Interaction in the Roman Diaspora (Brill's Scholars' List) by Leonard Victor Rutgers - 2000-08

Brill, 1994. Paperback. Very good

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill, 1995. Paperback. Very fine ; as new. Small quarto in glossy purple, black & green wraps; xx, 283 pages: illustrations; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index. Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, v. 126. / Contents: Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Study of Jewish History and Archaeology in Historical Perspective: The Example of the Jewish Catacombs of Rome: The Vanished Past: 500-1550 -- The Unassimilated Rediscovery of Jewish Rome: 1550-1632 -- The Age of the Epigones and the Collectors: 1632-1750 -- The Unappealing Catacombs: 1750-1840 -- The Excavation of Jewish Rome: 1840-1940 -- Recent Developments: 1945-Present -- Chapter Two: The Archaeology of Jewish Rome: A Case-Study in the Interaction Between Jews and Non-Jews in Late Antiquity: Jewish Funerary Architecture in Late Ancient Rome -- Artistic Production in Late Antiquity: General Trends -- The Wall Paintings in the Jewish Catacombs of Rome --… Read More