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Chapter 20 - Speaking of Jews

Late Antique Antioch’s Shifting Anti-Jewish Rhetoric

from Part III - The People of Antioch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

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Christine Shepardson
Edited by
Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
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Florida State University
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Summary

Comparing the fourth-century writings of John Chrysostom and Libanius with the sixth-century writings of Severus of Antioch and John Malalas suggests that Jewish characters continued to play significant roles in Christian writings even as Jews themselves became less visible in the city of Antioch.

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AntiochJewsJohn ChrysostomSeverus
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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 330 - 342
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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