Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt

This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, particularly its effects in the Galilee before and after the First Jewish Revolt. Suitable for students and scholars in Classical, Biblical, and Jewish studies, as well as economic history and Mediterranean archaeology.

Thomas R. Blanton IV is Associated Fellow at the Max Weber Centre, University of Erfurt (Germany). He is coeditor, with David B. Hollander and John T. Fitzgerald, of The Extramercantile Economies of Greek and Roman Cities (Routledge, 2019).

Agnes Choi is Associate Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, USA.

Jinyu Liu is Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University, USA, with a guest professorship appointment at Shanghai Normal University, China. She is the author of Collegia Centonariorum: The Guilds of Textile Dealers in the Roman West (Brill, 2009).