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A fascinating study of the strategies of cultural survival in the Roman Ghetto, by a leading authority on Italian Jews.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Jews of Rome and the Rhythms of Roman Jewish Life

The Jew in a Traumatized Society

What Is in a Name? or, The Matrices of Acculturation

Social Reconciliation, from Within and Without

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Kenneth Stow is professor of Jewish history at the University of Haifa and was the 1996 Kennedy Professor in the Renaissance at Smith College. His numerous publications include Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe and the two-volume The Jews in Rome.

Reviews

"This is an illuminating and compelling story, told with insight and subtlety. It is highly recommended for students of religion, history, cultural studies, and a host of other disciplines."
*Religious Studies Review*