The Jews of Italy : Antiquity.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Introduction: Sources and Methodology -- Chapter 1 Historical Background -- First Contacts -- Under the Julio-Claudian Caesars -- The Flavian Period -- The Severi and the Last Pagan Emperors to Constantine -- The Christian Empire until the Division -- The Divided Empire and the Decline of the West -- Chapter 2 Jewish Settlements and Their Demography -- Rome -- The Islands: Sicily, Lipari, Malta and Sardinia -- Southern Mainland Italy -- The Mainland North of Rome -- Demography -- Excursus -- Proselytism -- Chapter 3 The Jews and the Law -- Civil Status -- Roman Jewry Law, Privileges, Charters and Decrees -- The Christian Empire -- Civil Service -- Slaves and Circumcision -- Other Roman Civil Laws on Jews -- Jewish Law and Jurisdiction -- Chapter 4 The Socio-Economic Setting -- The Economy of Italian Jewry under Roman Rule (1) -- The Economy of Italian Jewry under Roman Rule (2) -- Taxes and Imposts -- Chapter 5 Jews and Judaism as the Roman Pagans Saw Them -- The Significance of the Texts and Their Impact -- The Beginnings -- From Pompey's Conquest to the Principate -- The Age of Augustus -- The Flavians and the Severi -- Tacitus, Juvenal and Sueton -- In Rome and in the Provinces -- Cassius Dio and the Last Pagan Authors -- Chapter 6 Rome and Romans as the Jews Saw Them -- First Contacts -- The Pagan Emperors -- Rome and Romans -- More on Rome and Romans and Some Dire Predictions -- Chapter 7 Judaism and Christianity -- The Birth of Christianity and Its Diffusion -- The Early Fathers of the Church and Judaism -- The Fathers of the Church after the Victory of Christianity -- Augustine and His Age -- Jews on Jesus and Christianity -- Min, Minim, Minuth -- The Church Fathers and Rabbinic Views on Christianity -- Chapter 8 The Culture of Italian Jewry -- Hellenism -- The 'Am Ha'Areẓ.

Assimilation and Acculturation -- Links of the Judaean Centre with Italy -- Scholars and Their Writings: From Caecilius of Calacte to Josephus -- The Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum and Beyond -- Chapter 9 The Jewish Community -- The Roots -- The Ritual in the Synagogue -- Some Archaeological Evidence: Inscriptions -- The Officers -- Instruction and Schools -- Other Communal Institutions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Geographical Index -- Subject Index -- Plates.

The Jews of Italy: Antiquity describes the history of the Jewish presence on the peninsula during the first seven centuries, from the days of the Maccabees to Pope Gregory the Great.

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