The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE–117 CE)
The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE–117 CE)

Author: Noah Hacham

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 3110787768

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The period between the Roman take-over of Egypt (30 BCE) and the failure of the Jewish diaspora revolt (115–117 CE) witnessed the continual devaluation in the status of the Jews in Egypt, and culminated in the destruction of its Jewish community. This volume collects and presents all papyri, ostraca, amulets and inscriptions from this early Roman period connected to Jews and Judaism, published since 1957. It is a follow-up of the 1960 volume 2 of the Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum. It includes over 80 documents in Greek, Demotic, and Hebrew, both documentary and literary. The expansion of the scope of documents, to include languages other than Greek and genres beyond the documentary, allows for a better understanding of the life of the Jews in Egypt. The documents published in this volume shed new light on aspects discussed previously: The Demotic papyri better explain the Jewish settlement in Edfu, new papyri reveal more about Jewish tax, about the Acta papyri, and about the developments of the Jewish revolt. The magical papyri help explain cultural developments in the Jewish community of Egypt. This volume is thus a major contribution to the study of the decline of the greatest diaspora Jewish community in antiquity.

Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum: The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE-117 CE)
Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum: The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE-117 CE)

Author: Meron M. Piotrkowski

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783110785999

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The fifth volume of the Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum collects and presents all papyri, ostraca, amulets and inscriptions from the early Roman period connected to Jews and Judaism, published since 1957. It is a follow-up of the 1960 volume 2 of the Co

The Jews of Ptolemaic Egypt
The Jews of Ptolemaic Egypt

Author: Zsuzsanna Szántó

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-09-23

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 3111426262

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This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced history of the Jews of Egypt, who constituted an important ethnic minority ever since they first appeared in the country. As part of the Greek-speaking ruling class, the Jews played an active role in the political, social and cultural life of Ptolemaic Egypt. Drawing on old and new documentary papyri supplemented by literary and epigraphic evidence, Szántó’s book focuses on reconstructing an overall picture of the Egyptian Jewish Diaspora and discusses different aspects of their life: onomastics, military life, social and legal position, religious customs and anti-Judaism. The incorporation of non-Greek (Aramaic and Egyptian) textual evidence into the research is innovative and offers new perspectives on certain topics whose understanding was previously limited. Szántó provides a diverse picture of Jewish life and demonstrates how the Jews integrated into Graeco-Egyptian society and, at the same time, preserved their ethnic identity.

Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum
Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum

Author: Noah Hacham

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-09-21

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 3110674521

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The edition collects and presents all papyri and ostraca from the Ptolemaic period, connected to Jews and Judaism, published since 1957. It is a follow-up to the Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum (= CPJ) of the 1950s and 60s, edited by Victor Tcherikover, which had consisted of three volumes – I devoted to the Ptolemaic period; II to the Early Roman period (until 117 CE); and III to the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. The present book, CPJ vol. IV, is the first in a new trilogy, and is devoted to the Ptolemaic period. The present and upcoming volumes supplement the original CPJ. They present over 300 papyri that have been published since 1957. They also include papyri in languages other than Greek (Hebrew, Aramaic, Demotic), and literary papyri which had not been included in the old CPJ. Aside from quite a number of papyri in these categories, the present volume (of over 100 documents) includes 21 papyri from Herakleopolis in Middle-Egypt that record the existence of a Jewish self-ruling body – the politeuma. These papyri put an end to a long-standing dispute over whether such a Jewish institution had ever existed in Egypt.

The Making of the West, Combined Volume
The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Author: Lynn Hunt

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-01-04

Total Pages: 1175

ISBN-13: 0312672683

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Students of Western civilization need more than facts. They need to understand the cross-cultural, global exchanges that shaped Western history; to be able to draw connections between the social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual happenings in a given era; and to see the West not as a fixed region, but a living, evolving construct. These needs have long been central to The Making of the West. The book’s chronological narrative emphasizes the wide variety of peoples and cultures that created Western civilization and places them together in a common context, enabling students to witness the unfolding of Western history, understand change over time, and recognize fundamental relationships. Read the preface.

The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection
The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection

Author: Ruth A. Clements

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-03-20

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 9004511709

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Biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea and the Cairo Genizah have added immeasurably to our knowledge of the textual history of the Hebrew Bible. The papers collected in this volume compare the evidence of the biblical DSS with manuscripts from the Vienna Papyrus Collection, connected with the Cairo Genizah, as well as late ancient evidence from diverse contexts. The resulting picture is one of a dialectic between textual plurality and fixity: the eventual dominance of the consonantal Masoretic Text over the textual plurality of the Second Temple period, and the secondary diversification of that standardized text through scribal activity.

Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum
Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum

Author: Victor Tcherikover

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Transcriptions of documents relating to Jews and Judaism in Egypt, with English translations and commentaries.

Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach
Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach

Author: Kenneth L. Campbell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-18

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1317452275

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Featuring the one author, one voice approach, this text is ideal for instructors who do not wish to neglect the importance of non-Western perspectives on the study of the past. The book is a brief, affordable presentation providing a coherent examination of the past from ancient times to the present. Religion, everyday life, and transforming moments are the three themes employed to help make the past interesting, intelligible, and relevant to contemporary society.

Current Research in Egyptology
Current Research in Egyptology

Author: Christelle Alvarez

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2016-07-31

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1785703641

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The sixteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 15–18 April 2015 at the University of Oxford and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early career Egyptologists, as well as independent researchers, to present their research. These proceedings for CREXVI represent the wide-range of themes that were offered by delegates during the conference. Papers focus on the theme of travel in ancient Egypt from a wide range of perspectives such as concrete or abstract travels, travel in space and time, travel inside, to, or from Egypt, travel in literature, travel of beliefs and ideas or travel of objects.