Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity

by Karen B Stern and Karen B. Stern

Book Overview

What ancient graffiti reveals about the everyday lives of Jews in the Greek and Roman world

Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved in the writings of Philo and Josephus and the rabbinic texts of the Mishnah and Talmud. Commissioned art, architecture, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210705
• ISBN13: 9780691210704
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"