A Jew in the Roman bathhouse : cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean
Princeton University Press · 2023
Call number DG97 .E45 2023
"This monograph argues that Roman bathhouses were laboratories in which Jews interacted with Graeco-Roman culture. It tells the story of the Jews who frequented them, documenting their pleasures, anxieties, and concerns, and reconstructing their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the activities that took place there.…