Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,1 (1989) 31-48
Keywords:
Trajan,
;
Jews History To 500
;
Jews
;
Antisemitism
Abstract:
Analyzes two papyri - CPJ 435 and CPJ 158 - describing Greek-Jewish conflicts during the reign of Trajan. These sources relate two events which occurred sometime before the spring of 113 and before the autumn of 115, in which the Greek community of Alexandria initiated attacks on the Jews, in the first case burning Jewish houses, and in the second case staging farcical antisemitic theatrical shows. Regarding the second incident, a judge sent by the Emperor apparently condemned 60 Alexandrians involved in these events to exile and their slaves to decapitation. The Greeks considered the verdict unjust and carried out acts of vengeance. Delegations of Jews and Greeks presented their case before the Emperor (probably in the winter of 115-116, in Antioch), but despite the Greeks' protests the verdict was not revoked. Emphasizes that the attacks were instigated by the upper strata of Greek society, although carried out by their slaves. Notes the severe attitude of the Roman authorities in contrast to their support for the Greeks during disorders in the first century.
DOI:
10.1163/157006389X00038
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