Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-147) and indexes.
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Introduction: Diaspora negotiations / John M.G. Barclay. pt. 1. Local and translocal identities. Being a Jew in Rome : Sabbath fasting as an expression of Romano-Jewish identity / Margaret Williams -- Jerusalem as 'mother-city' in the writings of Philo of Alexandria / Sarah Pearce -- pt. 2. Clarity and ambiguity in cultural expression. The Jews in the Balkan provinces of the Roman empire : the evidence from the territory of Bulgaria / Alexander Panayotov -- The Christian and Jewish Eumeneian formula / Paul Trebilco -- pt. 3. Josephus, power and the politics of representation. Constructing Judaean history in the Diaspora : Josephus's accounts of Judas / James S. McLaren -- The politics of contempt : Judaeans and Egyptians in Josephus's Against Apion / John M.G. Barclay.