Jewish inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt

About this book

"This book collects all known Jewish inscriptions from Egypt between the third century BC and the sixth century AD. The material derives from the database of the Cambridge Divinity Faculty Jewish Inscriptions Project. The entry on each inscription provides text, translation, bibliography and commentary. Hitherto, it has been necessary to refer to an older collection (1952, but essentially pre-war) together with a separately-published revision (1964), with very limited indexing. Here the aim has been to include inscriptions not in the earlier collection, to bring together the necessary information on each inscription, and to supply full indexing. Photographs of many inscriptions are provided. The material, which includes the earliest surviving proseuche dedications and most of the known ancient Jewish epitaphs in verse, forms a vivid primary source for Jewish history and religion."--Publisher.