Purim in the Thedosian Code

SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES: Blog: The Jewish Holiday of Purim in the Late Roman Empire (Catherine Bonesho).

In her monthly column, Catherine Bonesho will feature discussions of Greco-Roman age Judaism, the Roman Near East, as well as the American Academy in Rome. For her first monthly column, she explores the Roman context for the Jewish holiday of Purim.

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