The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity: What Christianity Cost the Jews
The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Greek and Latin-spreaking Jews living in the Mediterranean diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches.
Summary: | The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity examines the fate of Greek and Latin-spreaking Jews living in the Mediterranean diaspora after the Roman emperor Constantine threw his patronage to the emerging orthodox (Nicene) Christian churches. Cover -- Half title -- The Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Absence of Evidence as the Evidence of Absence -- 2. "Five hundred and forty souls were added to the church" -- 3. "You shall have freedom from care . . . during my reign." -- 4. "The sect of the Jews is prohibited by no law" -- 5. "Their synagogues shall remain in their accustomed peace" -- 6. "No synagogue shall be constructed from now on" -- 7. "We deny to the Jews and to the pagani, the right to practice legal advocacy and to serve in the state service." -- 8. "We do not grant that their synagogues shall stand, but want them to be converted in form to churches" -- 9. "In what has been allowed to them, [the Jews] should not sustain any prejudice." -- 10. "Here rests Faustina, aged fourteen years, five months. . . . Two apostoli and two rebbites sang lamentations" -- Epilogue -- References -- Index of Persons, Places and Subjects -- Index of Ancient Sources Cited -- Index of Modern Authors Cited. |
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ISBN: | 019022228X |