Inscribing devotion and death archaeological evidence for Jewish populations of North Africa / by Karen B. Stern.

Author/creator Stern, Karen B.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxviii, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Jews--Africa, North. --History. --To 1500.
Jewish sepulchral monuments--Africa, North.
Tombs--Africa, North.
Death--Religious aspects. --Judaism.
Judaism--Africa, North. --History. --To 1500.
Judaism--History. --Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Africa, North--Antiquities, Roman.
Africa, North--Ethnic relations.

SeriesReligions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; v. 161
Contents Toward a cultural history of Jewish populations in Roman North Africa -- Locating Jews in a North African world -- Naming like the neighbors: Jewish onomastic practices in Roman North Africa -- Inscribing the dead to describe the living: reading Jewish identity through funerary language -- Questioning "Jewishnesss" in the North African synagogue: Hammam Lif as a case study -- North African Jewish responses to death: choosing appropriate gods, neighbors, and houses in the afterlife.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-334) and index.
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LCCN 2007046983
ISBN9789004163706 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9004163700 (hardback : alk. paper)