Index Of Documentary Sources

This index section of the book The Alexandrian Riots of 38 C.E. and the Persecution of the Jews: A Historical Reconstruction presents a list of documentary sources. The book presents a very traditional political and legalistic explanation of the Alexandrian riots. The present interpretation is based on an inquiring close-up reading of Philo's texts, both vis-a-vis the few other available pieces of evidence on the subject and against the larger historical background of the period. The book highlights that the nature of both of Philo's treatises, In Flaccum and Legatio ad Gaium, requires a close-up reading for several reasons.Keywords: In Flaccum ; Alexandrian riots; Legatio ad Gaium; Philo