Not Reckoned among Nations

The Origins of the So-Called "Jewish Question" in Roman Antiquity

Revised by Hartmut Bauer Revised by Gabriele Britz Revised by Georg Hermes Revised by Werner Heun Revised by Martin Morlok Revised by Helmuth Schulze-Fielitz Revised by Fabian Wittreck Revised by Joachim Wieland Revised by Ferdinand Wollenschläger Revised by Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf Edited by Horst Dreier By (author) Avi Avidov

Book cover: Not Reckoned among Nations

Extent: 238 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Jewish Studies

Series: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2009)

ISBN: 9783161500213

6.38 x 9.41 inches

Price: $156.00

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Avi Avidov studies the causes for the social marginality of the Jews in the Roman empire, couched in terms of a general model of social integration of multi-cultural societies.


As in the modern era, in Roman antiquity too the so-called Jewish question was essentially that of the integration of diaspora Jews into their host societies. Social integration varies, however, in accordance with the organizational principles upon which various societies are established. The thrust of the present study is that in order to understand the marginal position of the Jews within the Roman empire, the mechanisms governing the integration of Roman imperial society at large need first be fleshed out. A general model of social integration of multi-cultural societies is, accordingly, first presented and thereafter serves as the point of departure for an enquiry into the causes of the mal-integration of the Jews in the Roman empire.

  • Revised by Hartmut Bauer
  • Revised by Gabriele Britz
  • Revised by Georg Hermes
  • Revised by Werner Heun
  • Revised by Martin Morlok
  • Revised by Helmuth Schulze-Fielitz
  • Revised by Fabian Wittreck
  • Revised by Joachim Wieland
  • Revised by Ferdinand Wollenschläger
  • Revised by Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf
  • Edited by Horst Dreier
  • By (author) Avi Avidov