Table of Contents

Part I: The Hellenistic and Roman world - Jewish perspectives 1: Martin Goodman: Jews, Greeks, and Romans 2: Erich Gruen: Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Third Sibylline Oracle 3: Seth Schwartz: The hellenization of Jerusalem and Shechem 4: Daniel Schwartz: Josephus' Tobiads Part II: Social Integration? 5: Benjamin Isaac: Jewish and Christian Communities in Southern Palestine 6: David Noy: `And he made his grave with the wicked' Part III: Similarities? 7: Albert Baumgarten: Graeco-Roman Voluntary Associations and Jewish Sects 8: William Horbury: Antichrist among Jews and Gentiles 9: Michael Satlow: Rhetoric and assumptions: Romans and Rabbis on Sex 10: Joshua Schwartz: Gambling in Ancient Jewish Society and in the Graeco-Roman World 11: Hannah Cotton: The Rabbis and the Documents 12: Aharon Oppenheimer: Jewish Penal Authority in Roman Judaea Part IV: Differences? 13: Lee Levine: Synagogue Leadership in the Diaspora and Palestine 14: Margaret Williams: The Structure of the Jewish Community in Rome 15: Tessa Rajak: The Gifts of God at Sardis 16: Sacha Stern: Dissonance and Misinterpretation in Jewish-Roman Relations

Reviews

`I wholeheartedly recommend the volume to anyone interested in the Jews and Judaism of the Graeco-Roman world.'
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCI, nos. 3-4
`The articles are all high quality ... All the articles in this volume are worthy of being read, and some are outstanding.'
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCI, nos. 3-4
`This volume is a strinking witness for current vibrancy of the multi-contextual study of Jews and Judaism in the Graeco-Roman period.'
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCI, nos. 3-4
`These essays are truly challenging, and Goodman and his colleagues are to be commended for their independence of judgment.'
Louis H. Feldman, American Historical Review.
`a phenominal reference work, one which will hopefully encourage more interest and research into Jewish Life in the Graeco-Roman World.'
Rochelle Caviness, Classical Literature and Language.
`an important contribution to the study of ancient Jewish history and culture.'
Gideon Bohak, Journal of Jewish Studies 50.2
The very disparate nature of the essays ensures that readers, whether scholars or biblical students, will find the collection a treasure-trove of information about the world in which Christianity took its roots./ Contemporary Review, May 1999.