Humanities Pr, Date: 2000-08. Paperback. Good. 2000. Humanities Pr ISBN 9004119280 9789004119284 [US]

Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill, Date: 1995. Paperback. Very fine ; as new. Small quarto in glossy purple, black & green wraps; xx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index. Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, v. 126. / Contents: Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Study of Jewish History and Archaeology in Historical Perspective: The Example of the Jewish Catacombs of Rome: The Vanished Past: 500-1550 -- The Unassimilated Rediscovery of Jewish Rome: 1550-1632 -- The Age of the Epigones and the Collectors: 1632-1750 -- The Unappealing Catacombs: 1750-1840 -- The Excavation of Jewish Rome: 1840-1940 -- Recent Developments: 1945-Present -- Chapter Two: The Archaeology of Jewish Rome: A Case-Study in the Interaction Between Jews and Non-Jews in Late Antiquity: Jewish Funerary Architecture in Late Ancient Rome -- Artistic Production in Late Antiquity: General Trends -- The Wall Paintings in the Jewish Catacombs of Rome -- Jewish Sarcophagi from Rome -- The Jewish Gold Glasses -- Lamps From Jewish Rome -- Miscellaneous Finds from the Jewish Catacombs of Rome -- Artistic Production in Roman Palestine: Some Parallels -- Evaluation of the Phenomenon of Workshop-Identity -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: References to Age at Death in the Jewish Funerary Inscriptions from Rome: Problems and Perspectives: Introduction -- References to Age at Death: a Greco-Roman Custom -- An Analysis of Jewish ...