Contents

pp vii-x

General Editors' Preface

pp xi-xii

Author's Foreword

pp xiii-xiv

List of Abbreviations

pp xv-xv

Maps

pp xvi-xx

PART I

1 - Historical Outline: Exile, Restoration and Diaspora

pp 1-6

2 - Diaspora: The Historical Background

pp 7-36

3 - Italy: Rome and the Jews

pp 37-77

4 - Syria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Egypt, Cyrene

pp 78-142

5 - The Jewish Diaspora and Roman Empire in Later Centuries

pp 143-144

PART II

6 - The Synagogue

pp 145-148

7 - Law, Prophets and Writings

pp 149-152

8 - Greek Versions, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

pp 153-170

9 - The Qumran Writings

pp 171-183

10 - Early Rabbinic Judaism

pp 184-197

11 - Christian Writings

pp 198-209

12 - Writers, other than Jewish or Christian, in the Roman Empire 200 bc to ad 200

pp 210-219

Appendix I - Dates

pp 220-228

Appendix II - The Literature

pp 229-236

Appendix III - Chronological Tables

pp 237-239

Bibliography

pp 240-243

Index

pp 244-259