History of the Byzantine Jews: A Microcosmos in the Thousand Year Empire

by Elli Kohen

Book Overview

The History of the Byzantine Jews explores the Jewish microcosmos in Byzantium. Under the Romans, Jews enjoyed the privileges of knighthood and nobility. Although these luxuries were significantly diminished under Theodosius II- whose wife, Eudoxia, was a judaizing Empress- and the Codex Justinianus, they remained a powerful entity in Byzantium. In comparison to the irredentist Samaritans and Paulicians, the Jews remained areligio licita (permitted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761836241
• ISBN13: 9780761836247
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"