Description |
xviii, 342 p. : ill., maps. |
Series |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; v. 161 |
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 161.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-334) and index. |
Contents |
Toward a cultural history of Jewish populations in Roman North Africa -- Locating Jews in a North African world -- Naming like the neighbors: Jewish onomastic practices in Roman North Africa -- Inscribing the dead to describe the living: reading Jewish identity through funerary language -- Questioning "Jewishnesss" in the North African synagogue: Hammam Lif as a case study -- North African Jewish responses to death: choosing appropriate gods, neighbors, and houses in the afterlife. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Jews -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500.
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Jewish sepulchral monuments -- Africa, North.
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Tombs -- Africa, North.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Judaism -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500.
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Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Africa, North -- Antiquities, Roman.
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Africa, North -- Ethnic relations.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9789004163706 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004163700 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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