Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. 1. Status Quaestionum and the Present Study 1
6. 2. Jerusalem, Herodium, Jericho, and Environs 62
7. 3. En Gedi, Mahoza, and Kephar-Baru 135
8. 4. Epistolary Culture in Roman Judaea 206
9. 5. Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea 279
10. Appendix A: Significant Documents of the Bar Kokhba Discoveries: Signatories and Writers 357
11. Appendix B: Signatories and Writers Listed by Name 373
12. Notes 393
13. Index of Subjects 501
14. Index of Modern Authors 507
15. Index of Ancient Sources 515