Acknowledgments
The editors would like to thank those who provided the funding for the conference in honor of Benjamin Isaac, held in Tel Aviv in May 2015, that gave rise to the present volume: first of all, Joan C. Lessing, whose continuing, generous support is invaluable to historical research and advanced study of history in Tel Aviv University. Within Tel Aviv University, we are grateful to the Rector’s office, the Dean of Humanities, the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, the Shirley and Leslie Porter School of Cultural Studies and the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center. Our talented graduate student in ancient history, Noam Rytwo (Ritbo), prepared the bibliography and the indices; we thank him, as well as the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies for underwriting his work.