Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-314) and indexes.

Preliminary Materials / S. Gambetti -- Chapter One. Unwrapping Philo’S Narrative / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Two. The Rights Of Residence Of Alexandrian Jews In The Ptolemaic Period / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Three. The Rights Of Residence Of Alexandrian Jews In The Roman Period / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Four. The Prefecture Of Flaccus—The Early Years / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Five. The Precedent For The Riots / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Six. Spring 38 C.E / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Seven. Agrippa In Alexandria / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Eight. The Riots Of 38 C.E / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Nine. The Cultural And Religious Background Of The Riots / S. Gambetti -- Chapter Ten. The Years 39 And 41 C.E / S. Gambetti -- Conclusions / S. Gambetti -- Appendices / S. Gambetti -- Bibliography / S. Gambetti -- General Index / S. Gambetti -- Index Of Documentary Sources / S. Gambetti -- Index Of Literary Sources / S. Gambetti -- Index Of Relevant Words / S. Gambetti.

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Scholars have read the Alexandrian riots of 38 CE according to intertwined dichotomies. The Alexandrian Jews fought to keep their citizenship - or to acquire it; they evaded the payment of the poll-tax - or prevented any attempts to impose it on them; they safeguarded their identity against the Greeks - or against the Egyptians. Avoiding that pattern and building on the historical reconstruction of the experience of the Alexandrian Jewish community under the Ptolemies, this work submits that the riots were the legal and political consequence of an imperial adjudication against the Jews. Most of the Jews lost their residence never to recover it again. The Roman emperor, the Roman prefect of Egypt and the Alexandrian citizenry - all shared responsibilities according to their respective and expected roles.