Description: The Jews of Ancient Rome by Harry J. Leon ENGLISH VG CONDITION, HARDCOVER In the first two or three centuries of the Roman Empire (roughly until 300) the Jews of Rome buried their dead in underground cemeteries known as catacombs. This book analyzes the catacombs to reveal information about the lives of this long-lost culture. Much of the book is highly technical, discussing details about ancient Greek grammar. So some of it was over my head. Nevertheless, I got a few interesting facts out of it, such as: *Roman Jews were primarily a Greek-speaking community. Of 534 catacomb inscriptions, 405 were in Greek, 123 Latin, and only 4 in Hebrew or Aramaic. For these Jews, Greek was the "mama-loshen" (mother tongue). *On the other hand, these Greek-speakers did make some effort to assimilate into Roman culture. 46% of all names were in Latin, 31% in Greek, and the author labels 13% as "Semitic" (Hebrew or obviously Hebrew-derived). Some of the most popular boys' names were Justus, Eusebius, and Julianus. (No one name was all that popular for girls). Some "traditional" Jewish names were common (such as Esther, renamed Aster) but others (such as Rachel or Abraham) were not represented at all in this sample. *Roman Jewry was religiously diverse, at least in some ways. Eleven synagogues were mentioned in burial inscriptions: some named after the birthplace of their founders (e.g. "Synagogue of the Hebrews"), others for friends of Judaism (e.g. "Auguestion" named after the first emperor Augustus). *Art in the catacombs mixed pagan and Jewish themes. Some were dominated by menorahs and lulavs, but here and there one found the odd nude youth or satyr. *Ages on catacombs show the appalling state of 3rd-century health. Over half of Jews whose ages were listed on gravestones died at age 20 or other; only 12% made it past 60. 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