The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the Jews. a Historical Reconstruction (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Band 135)

Gambetti, Sandra

ISBN 10: 9004138463 ISBN 13: 9789004138469

Verlag: Brill, 2009

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An imperial adjudication against the Jews prompted the riots of 38 CE in Alexandria. The Roman prefect and the Alexandrian citizenry acted within their institutional roles to the effect that most of the Jews lost their legal residence for good.

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Sandra Gambetti, Ph.D. (2003) in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, is Assistant Professor of History at the College of Staten Island - CUNY. This is her first monograph.

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Scholars have read the Alexandrian riots of 38 CE according to intertwined dichotomies. The Alexandrian Jews fought to keep their citizenship - or to acquire it; they evaded the payment of the poll-tax - or prevented any attempts to impose it on them; they safeguarded their identity against the Greeks - or against the Egyptians. Avoiding that pattern and building on the historical reconstruction of the experience of the Alexandrian Jewish community under the Ptolemies, this work submits that the riots were the legal and political consequence of an imperial adjudication against the Jews. Most of the Jews lost their residence never to recover it again. The Roman emperor, the Roman prefect of Egypt and the Alexandrian citizenry - all shared responsibilities according to their respective and expected roles.

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• Verlag: Brill
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9004138463
• ISBN 13: 9789004138469
• Einband: Ledereinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 346
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