Table of Contents

I. Methodological Issues
1: Catherine Hezser: Correlating Literary, Epigraphic, and Archaeological Sources
2: Catherine Hezser: The Graeco-Roman Context of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine
3: Tal Ilan: Gender Issues and Daily Life
II. Life in a Roman Province
4: Rudolf Haensch: The Roman Provincial Administration
5: Jill Harries: Courts and the Judicial System
6: David Goodblatt: Population Structure and Jewish Identity
7: Willem Smelik: The Languages of Roman Palestine
III. City and Countryside
8: Benjamin Isaac: Infrastructure
9: Dianne van de Zande and Jürgen Zangenberg: Urbanization
10: Ann Killebrew: Village and Countryside
11: Catherine Hezser: Travel and Mobility
IV. Labour and Trade
12: Alexei Sivertsev: The Household Economy
13: Zeev Safrai: Agriculture and Farming
14: Uzi Leibner: Arts and Crafts, Manufacture and Production
15: Jack Pastor: Trade, Commerce, and Consumption
16: Gildas Hamel: Poverty and Charity
V. Family Life
17: Jonathan Schofer: The Different Life-Stages: From Childhood to Old Age
18: Michael Satlow: Marriage and Divorce
19: Dafna Shlezinger-Katsman: Clothing
20: Tziona Grossmark: Jewellery: The Literary Evidence
21: Katharina Galor: Jewellery: The Archaeological Evidence
22: David Kraemer: Food, Eating, and Meals
23: Katharina Galor: Domestic Architecture
24: Steven Fine: Death, Burial, and Afterlife
VI. Education and Literacy
25: Catherine Hezser: Private and Public Education
26: Carol Bakhos: Orality and Writing
VII. Religion and Magic
27: Günter Stemberger: The Impact of Paganism and Christianity
28: Lee I. Levine: The Synagogue
29: Stefan Reif: Prayer and Liturgy
30: Lutz Doering: Sabbath and Festivals
31: Giuseppe Veltri: Magic and Healing
VIII. Entertainment and Leisure Time Activities
32: Yaron Z. Eliav: Bathhouses as Places of Social and Cultural Interaction
33: Zeev Weiss: Theatres, Hippodromes, Amphitheatres and Performances
34: Joshua Schwartz: Play and Games

About the Author

Catheine Hezser is Professor of Jewish Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Reviews

The volume documents the various aspects of vibrant Jewish life in Roman Palestine up to the Islamic conquest... The essays of this volume allow for interesting comparisons with patristic literature and archaeological evidence on a number of issues.
* Christoph Stenschke (University of South Africa)*

Each chapter engages with many works and has its own bibliography.
*Journal of Religious & Theological Information*

The essays endeavor to provide a basis and direction for further study of the topics treated, pointing out which questions are worth asking and which methodological approaches can be applied, critically assessing past and present scholarship, and clarifying the state of research on the various subject matters.
*New Testament Abstracts*