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Contents 5 Preface 7 Abbreviations 8 List of Contributors 12 Introduction: The Shared Dimensions of Jewish and Christian Communal Identities 13 Part I Imperial Perspectives 35 The Ptolemaic and Roman Definitions of Social Categories and the Evolution of Judean Communal Identity in Egypt 37 The Roman State and Jewish Diaspora Communities in the Antonine Age 87 Part II Community and the City 97 Civic Identity and Christ Groups 99 Organized Charity in the Ancient World: Pagan, Jewish, Christian 128 The Fourth Book of Maccabees in a Multi-Cultural City 146 Part III Varieties of Communal Identities 163 Rome and Alexandria: Why was there no Jewish Politeuma in Rome? 165 From Text to Community: Methodological Problems of Reconstructing Communities behind Texts 179 Lycaonian Christianity under Roman Rule and their Jewish-Christian Tradition 197 Part IV Community and Continuity 213 The Jewish Community in Egypt before and after 117 CE in Light of Old and New Papyri 215 Jewish Communities in the Roman Diaspora: Why Salo Baron Still Matters? 237 “You are a Chosen Stock . . .”: The Use of Israel Epithets for the Addressees in First Peter 255 Author Index 289 General Index 294

Author

Furstenberg, Yair;

Published

2016

Language

EN