Classical and Near Eastern Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Professor Tzvee Zahavy
FALL Quarter, 1993
Political, social, religious and economic developments for the Jews and Judaism in the imperial context from Vespasian to Constantine. Recent developments in research methodology and scholarship. Knowledge of Hebrew and Aramaic desirable but not required.
Requirements: Seminar research paper. Active participation.
— The Jews among pagans and Christians: in the Roman Empire /edited by Judith Lieu, John North, and Tessa Rajak. London; New York: Routledge, 1992.
— White, L. Michael.
Building God's house in the Roman world: architectural adaptation among pagans, Jews, and Christians / L. Michael White. Baltimore, Md.: Published for the American Schools of Oriental Research by Johns Hopkins University Press, c1990.
— The Jews in Roman imperial legislation / edited with introductions, translations, and commentary by Amnon Linder. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press; Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1987.
— Momigliano, Arnaldo.
On Pagans, Jews, and Christians / Arnaldo Momigliano. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press; Scranton, Penn.: distributed by Harper & Row, c1987.
— Goodman, Martin, 1953-
The ruling class of Judaea: the origins of the Jewish revolt against Rome A.D. 66-70 / Martin Goodman. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
— Goodman, Martin, 1953-
State and society in Roman Galilee, A.D. 132-212 / Martin Goodman. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1983.
— Reinhold, Meyer, 1909-
Diaspora: the Jews among the Greeks and Romans / Meyer Reinhold. Sarasota, Fla.: Stevens, 1983.
— Smallwood, E. Mary.
The Jews under Roman rule: from Pompey to Diocletian / by E. Mary Smallwood. Leiden: Brill, 1976.
— Frey, Jean Baptiste, 1878-1939.
Corpus of Jewish inscriptions: Jewish inscriptions from the third century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. New York: Ktav Pub House, 1975.
— Grant, Michael, 1914-
The Jews in the Roman world. New York, Scribner <1973>
— Brauer, George C.
Judaea weeping; the Jewish struggle against Rome from Pompey to Masada, 63 B.C. to A.D. 73 <by> George C. Brauer, Jr. New York, Crowell <1970>
— Leon, Harry Joshua
The Jews of ancient Rome. Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society of America 1960
— Radin, Max, 1880-1950.
The Jews among the Greeks and Romans. Philadelphia, The Jewish publication society of America, 1915.
— Askowith, Dora, 1884-
The toleration and persecution of the Jews in the Roman empire. New York, 1915.
— Yarden, Leon.
The spoils of Jerusalem on the Arch of Titus: a re-investigation / Leon Yarden. Stockholm: Svenska Institutet i Rom; Goteborg: Distributor: P. Astroms, 1991.
— Smith, Jonathan Z.
Drudgery divine: on the comparison of early Christianities and the religions of late antiquity / Jonathan Z. Smith. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
— Samuel, Alan Edouard.
The promise of the West: the Greek world, Rome, and Judaism /Alan E. Samuel. London; New York: Routledge, 1988.
— Segal, Alan F., 1945-
Rebecca's children: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman world / Alan F. Segal. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986.
— Gager, John G.
The origins of anti-semitism: attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian antiquity/ John G. Gager. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
— Guterman, Simeon L. (Simeon Leonard), 1907-
Religious toleration and persecution in ancient Rome / by Simeon L. Guterman. London: Aiglon Press, 1951.