David Noy Livres

Focusing on the Jewish communities of Western Europe from the first century BC to the sixth century AD, this volume highlights the scarcity of literary evidence, relying instead on inscriptions for insights into community organization, religious practices, and social customs. It serves as a comprehensive resource for Jewish inscriptions from Italy, Spain, France, and Germany, addressing a significant gap in existing literature. The second volume will specifically explore the inscriptions of the City of Rome, providing a complete understanding of this historical aspect.

Focusing on the inscriptions of the City of Rome, this volume provides a comprehensive resource for understanding the Jewish communities in Western Europe, which have been historically underrepresented in literary sources. It highlights community organization, religious practices, linguistic habits, and burial customs through epigraphic evidence. By compiling these inscriptions, the book addresses a significant gap in scholarship, offering insights that were previously scattered across specialized publications. This work is essential for anyone studying the history and culture of Jews in ancient Rome.

Volume 3 of the Inscriptiones collects all known Jewish inscriptions from the Graeco-Roman period (up to c.700 CE), in all languages (Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Palmyrene, Middle Persian, Parthian) in Syria and Cyprus. It provides the texts of the inscriptions with English translations together with full bibliographies, discussions and indexes. It covers the regions Phoenicia, Southern Syria, Northern Syria and Osrhoene, Dura-Europos, and Cyprus. It includes appendices on Jewish inscriptions in Palmyrene, Jewish inscriptions not related to Syria and inscriptions not considered Jewish, as well as a bibliography, indexes and a map.