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Chapter 19 - Antiochene Riots against Jews in Malalas’s Chronicle

from Part III - The People of Antioch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

By
Ari B. Finkelstein
Edited by
Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
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Florida State University
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Summary

Jews were among the founders of Antioch and contributed greatly to the social and material evolution of the city. How they adjusted to the imperial agendas of Late Antiquity, as well as their characterization in the textual record are the main objects of inquiry.

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JewsAntiochZenoMalalas
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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 312 - 329
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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