Diaspora : Jews amidst Greeks and Romans / by Gruen, Erich S.

Table of Contents: “…Jewish life in the diaspora. The Jews in Rome ; The Jews in Alexandrea ; Jews in the province of Asia ; Civic and sacral institutions in the diaspora -- Jewish constructs of diaspora life. …”

Diasporas in Antiquity /

Table of Contents: “…/ Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski -- The birth of a diaspora: the emergence of a Jewish self-definition in Ptolemaic Egypt in the light of Onomastics / Sylvie Honigman.…”
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Centrality practiced : Jerusalem in the religious practice of Yehud and the diaspora in the Persian period / by Knowles, Melody D.

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The idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism : a new theory of people, exile, and Israelite identity / by Staples, Jason A., 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Jews and Israelites in antiquity : the need for a new paradigm -- The other Israelites : Samaritans, Hebrews, and non-Jewish Israel -- Judah's bible and the narrative construction of biblical Israel -- Between disaster and restoration : the prophets, exile, and restoration eschatology -- The restoration of Israel in the Persian and Hellenistic periods : incomplete, delayed, failed -- Exile and diaspora theology -- Israel, Jews, and restoration eschatology in Josephus -- Israel and restoration in Philo of Alexandria -- Exile and Israel's restoration in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Israel, Jews, and restoration in other second temple narrative literature -- Israel in second temple eschatological and apocalyptic literature -- Israel, Hebrews, Jews, and restoration eschatology.…”
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The Eerdmans dictionary of early Judaism /

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Heavenly tablets : interpretation, identity and tradition in ancient Judaism /

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Jews in a Graeco-Roman world /

Table of Contents: “…Where were the Jews of the Diaspora buried? /…”
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Sharing and hiding religious knowledge in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam /

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Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman cities /

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: studying the Jewish Diaspora in antiquity; The Hellenistic city of Jerusalem; Synagogue and community in the Graeco-Roman Diaspora; The Jews in the Hellenistic cities of Acts; Synagogue communities in the Graeco-Roman cities; Population and proselytism: how many Jews were there in the ancient world?…”
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The ancient synagogue from its origins to 200 C.E : a source book / by Runesson, Anders

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The land of Israel -- The diaspora -- General references -- Jewish temples outside Jerusalem.…”
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The ancient synagogue : the first thousand years / by Levine, Lee I.

Table of Contents: “…Byzantine Palestine -- 8. Diaspora Synagogues -- Part II: The Synagogue As An Institution -- 9. …”
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The construct of identity in Hellenistic Judaism / by Gruen, Erich S.

Table of Contents: “…-- Hellenism and persecution : Antiochus IV and the Jews -- The origins and objectives of Onias' temple -- Herod, Rome, and the diaspora -- Caligula, the imperial cult, and Philo's Legatio -- The Letter of Aristeas and the cultural context of the Septuagint -- The twisted tales of Artapanus : biblical rewritings as novelistic narrative -- Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Third Sibylline Oracle -- Subversive elements in Pseudo-Philo -- Jewish literature and the Second Sophistic.…”
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Constructs of identity in Hellenistic Judaism : essays on early Jewish literature and history / by Gruen, Erich S.

Table of Contents: “…Tacitus and the Defamation of the Jews ; Jewish Experience in a Pagan World ; 13. Diaspora and Homeland.…”
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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology / by Fine, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Frank Memorial Synagogue and constructions of Jewish art at the turn of the twentieth century -- The old-new land: "Jewish archaeology" and the Zionist narrative -- Archaeology and the search for "non-rabbinic Judaism" -- Art history: transmitting Jewish artlessness to new generations -- Toward a new "Jewish archaeology": methodological reflections -- Art and identity in latter Second Temple period Judaism: the Hasmonean royal tombs at Modi'in -- Art and identity in late antique Palestine: the Na'aran synagogue -- Art and identity in diaspora communities in late antiquity: from Nehardea to Rome -- Between Rome and Jerusalem: the date palm as a "Jewish symbol" -- "The lamps of Israel": the menorah as a Jewish symbol -- The Dura Europos synagogue and its liturgical parchment -- Synagogue mosaics and liturgy in the land of Israel -- Sanctity and the art of ancient synagogues.…”

Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic context /

Table of Contents: “…Sterling -- ""Talking their way into empire' : Jews, Christians and pagans debate resurrection of the body" / Claudia Setzer -- Jews and Judaism in the Mediterranean diaspora in the late-Roman period : the limitations of evidence / Martin Goodman -- Between Rome and Mesopotamia : Josephus in Sasanian Persia / Richard Kalmin.…”

Early Judaism : new insights and scholarship /

Table of Contents: “…Greenspahn -- The Dead Sea Scrolls / James Vanderkam -- Second Temple Literature outside the canon / Martha Himmelfarb -- Diaspora and the "assimilated" Jew / Erich S. Gruen -- Were the ancient Jews a nation? …”
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Studies in ancient Judaism and early Christianity / by Horst, Pieter Willem van der

Power and emotion in ancient Judaism : community and identity in formation / by Mermelstein, Ari

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The Jewish World in the Time of Jesus. by Guignebert, Charles

Table of Contents: “…The People; BOOK IV HELLENISTIC JUDAISM; I. THE DIASPORA; I. Origin and Distribution; II. The Jewish Communities of the Diaspora.…”
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Early Judaism : a comprehensive overview /

Table of Contents: “…VanderKam -- Judaism in the diaspora / Erich S. Gruen -- The Jewish scriptures : texts, versions, canons / Eugene Ulrich -- Early Jewish biblical interpretation / James L. …”
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