Warren, M.J. (2020) Domestic spaces. In: Koltun-Fromm, N. and Kessler, G., (eds.) A Companion to Late Ancient Jews and Judaism: 3rd Century BCE - 7th Century CE. Blackwell Companions . Wiley-Blackwell ISBN 9781119113621
Abstract
This chapter discusses Jewish domestic space in Egypt, Syria, Judaea, Asia Minor, and Italy from the third century BCE to the end of the second century CE using material and literary evidence. Domestic spaces vary along geographical but especially socio‐economic lines. Wealthy households lived in large mansions while poor families crammed into small rooms in high‐rise buildings. Elite and non‐elite domestic spaces doubled as areas for work and business. A persistent difficulty is identifying markers of religious or cultural identity in domestic architecture that might distinguish Jewish and non‐Jewish homes; for the most part, Jewish homes have more in common with other homes of similar status than with co‐religionists of different status. Jews lived in the same kind of homes as their non‐Jewish neighbors.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Wiley-Blackwell. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2018 11:51 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2020 12:48 |
Published Version: | https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/A+Companion+to+Late+An... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Series Name: | Blackwell Companions |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/9781119113843.ch25 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131057 |