PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Part I: Jewish Life in the Diaspora -- 1. The Jews in Rome -- 2. The Jews in Alexandria -- 3. Jews in the Province of Asia -- 4. Civic and Sacral Institutions in the Diaspora -- Part II: Jewish Constructs of Diaspora Life -- 5. Diaspora Humor I: Historical Fiction -- 6. Diaspora Humor II: Biblical Recreations -- 7. Jewish Constructs of Greeks and Hellenism -- 8. Diaspora and Homeland -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.