In the Shadow of the Caesars: Jewish Life in Roman Italy

Samuele Rocca, Ph.D. (2007), University of Bar Ilan, is senior lecturer at Ariel University, Israel. He has published monographs, such as Herod’s Judaea (2008), and many articles focusing on Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period and Late Antiquity.

• PrefaceList of FiguresAbout the AuthorIntroduction: The Jews of Roman Italy—A New Study0.1 What Is Unique0.2 Methodology0.3 Primary Sources0.4 Judeophobia versus Xenophobia1 The Urban Geography and the Demographic Development of the Jewish Settlement in Imperial Rome: A Diachronic Overview1.1 The Jewish Settlement during the Republic1.2 The Jewish Settlement during the Early Empire1.3 The Jewish Settlement in Late Antiquity2 The Legal Status of the Jews in Roman Italy2.1 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community2.2 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community in the Early Empire2.3 The Legal Framework of the Jewish Community in the Late Empire2.4 Crossing the Border: Conversion to Judaism3 Jewish Social Life in Roman Italy3.1 The Onomasticon of the Jews of Roman Italy3.2 The Social Spectrum and Occupational Framework of the Jews in Imperial Rome and Ostia4 Reframing Judaism in Roman Italy4.1 Jewish Apologetics in Roman Italy4.2 The Religious Liturgy of the Jews in Roman Italy4.3 Burying the Dead4.4 Rediscovering a Nonfigurative Language: Jewish Art in Roman Italy5 The Jewish Revolt: Jews and Judaism in Roman Imperial Ideology5.1 Josephus and the Triumph of the Flavians5.2 The Jewish War, Flavian Ideology, and Rome’s Urban Renewal6 Conclusion: The History of Jews in ItalyBibliographyIndex