Judaea in Hellenistic and Roman Times : Historical and Archaeological Essays

Applebaum, Shimon. Judaea in Hellenistic and Roman Times : Historical and Archaeological Essays
. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989. First edition. Octavo. (10), 175, (1)pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt, with publisher’s device on front cover. Illustrated with 3 maps. An ex-library copy with minimal rubber stamping on title & at bottom of text block, and a library pocket mounted on final blank, otherwise a near fine copy.

Contents: When did Sythopolis become a Greek city? –; The Hasmoneans : logistics, taxation and constitution –; Jewish urban communities and Greek influences –; The troopers of Zamaris –; ʻEin Targhuna –; The Roman colony of Ptolemais-ʻAke and its territory –; Royal and imperial estates in the Sharon and Samaria –; For whom did Apollodorus write the Poliorketika? –; Tineius Rufus and Julius Severus –; The Roman villa in Judaea : a problem –; The beginnigs of the Limes Palestinae –; Syria-Palaestina as a province of the Severan Empire –; Romanization and indigenism in Judaea.

Volume 40 of the Brill series, “Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity.” near fine. Hardcover. (53246) $95