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Alan F. SEGAL, Rebecca's Children. Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World, Harvard University Press, Cambridge/Massachusetts and London/England 1986, pp. XII and 207, cloth, $ 22.95

Alan F. SEGAL, Rebecca's Children. Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World, Harvard... 252 economic role of the ancient city (as do population estimates [gross as these may be] presented by M. BROSHI for Roman-Byzantine Palestine, based on an estimated number of persons per unit area [cited by SCHWARTZ, pp.57, 61, e.g. Lod, with an estimated population of 3,000]). It may also be noted that the relatively small area of Lod in comparison with that of Sepphoris (BROSHI, BASOR 236 [ 1980]) does not support the author's contention that the "large and heavily populated" city of Palestine mentioned by Eusebius was probably Lod and not Sepphoris (pp.74-75). It should be emphasized that ultimately these are but peripheral com- ments, which have little bearing upon the main contribution of this work. We have here an important reference work which will be corrected and augmented during the course of years, but which will henceforth be the point of departure for all subsequent research in this and related fields. Daniel SPERBER and David ADAN-BAYEWITZ 1) Incidentally, the common use of symbols clearly identifiable as Jewish is also relatively late. Note, fore example, the absence of such symbols in the only three excavated public buildings of the early Roman period usually identified as synagogues, at http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

Alan F. SEGAL, Rebecca's Children. Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World, Harvard University Press, Cambridge/Massachusetts and London/England 1986, pp. XII and 207, cloth, $ 22.95

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Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 18 (2): 252 – Jan 1, 1987
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© 1987 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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252 economic role of the ancient city (as do population estimates [gross as these may be] presented by M. BROSHI for Roman-Byzantine Palestine, based on an estimated number of persons per unit area [cited by SCHWARTZ, pp.57, 61, e.g. Lod, with an estimated population of 3,000]). It may also be noted that the relatively small area of Lod in comparison with that of Sepphoris (BROSHI, BASOR 236 [ 1980]) does not support the author's contention that the "large and heavily populated" city of Palestine mentioned by Eusebius was probably Lod and not Sepphoris (pp.74-75). It should be emphasized that ultimately these are but peripheral com- ments, which have little bearing upon the main contribution of this work. We have here an important reference work which will be corrected and augmented during the course of years, but which will henceforth be the point of departure for all subsequent research in this and related fields. Daniel SPERBER and David ADAN-BAYEWITZ 1) Incidentally, the common use of symbols clearly identifiable as Jewish is also relatively late. Note, fore example, the absence of such symbols in the only three excavated public buildings of the early Roman period usually identified as synagogues, at

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