Guide
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Period
By Carol Bakhos
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Laws about Jews in the Theodosian Code
emperor constantine augustus to evagrius
We want the Jews, their…
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Emperor Julian’s Policy on the Jews
To the Community of the Jews
[ . . . ] Wishing you to fare even better, I have recommended to my brother Julus, the most reverent patriarch, that that which is called among you…
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Constantine’s New Jerusalem
Such was the situation when another memorable work of great importance was done in the province of Palestine by the Godbeloved [Constantine I]. It was this. He decided that he ought to make…
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Emperor Justinian and the Nea Church
Such were the works of the Emperor Justinian in Cilicia. And in Jerusalem he dedicated to the Mother of God a shrine with which no other can be compared. This is called by the natives the “New Church”…
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Conflicts between Christians and Jews at Alexandria
About this same time, it happened that the Jewish inhabitants were driven out of Alexandria by Cyril the bishop, on the following account. The Alexandrian public is more delighted with turmoil than…
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An Early Anti-Jewish Narrative
Soon after, the Jews renewed their malevolent and impious practices against the Christians and were punished as they deserved. At a place called Inmestar, located between Chalcis and Antioch in Syria…