Review of Hacham & Ilan, Corpus papyrorum judaicarum, volume 5

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Corpus papyrorum judaicarum, volume 5: the early-Roman period (30 BCE–117 CE).

Noah Hacham, Tal Ilan, Corpus papyrorum judaicarum, volume 5: the early-Roman period (30 BCE–117 CE). Berlin; Jerusalem: De Gruyter and Magnes Press, 2022. Pp. xxvii, 217. ISBN 9783110785999

Review by
William Horbury, University of Cambridge. wh10000@cam.ac.uk

... The old and new volumes alike gather papyri, ostraca, and inscriptions associated with Jews and Judaism, giving literature, introduction, text, English translation, and commentary. The region in view continues to be Egypt; papyri found in the Judaean wilderness and nearby are not included. Volume 4 (2020), on the Ptolemaic period, and volume 5, now under review, on the early Roman period, supplement volumes 1 and 2, respectively. ...

I noted the publication of volume 4 here.

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