Radin, a classicist and legal scholar, examines how Jews lived among Greeks and Romans and how they were regarded. He sets out Greek and Roman ideas of religion and race, sketches Jewish history from Nebuchadnezzar to Constantine, and studies writers, laws and episodes such as Cicero’s defence of Flaccus, to trace the roots of ancient hostility and acceptance.
A learned and humane study, still useful for anyone interested in the ancient Jewish diaspora. Download the free EPUB.