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Acknowledgments To the invisible presence of Nicole Loraux I owe much of the inspiration for the introduction and the conclusion of this book. For the encouragement and support of Peter Brown and David Noel Freedman I owe less tangible but very real and lasting gratitude. This project began its life at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and came to an end at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew UniversityofJerusalem. Fewerplaces offer amore exciting orchallenging environment. At Princeton, Peter Brown's Forum on Late Antiquity provided much food for thought. Michael Thomas Davis of the Princeton Theological Seminary and the Dead Sea Scrolls Project listened patiendy to my ideas and provided indispensable guidance. Leilia Cracco Ruggini lent her gracious and wise ear. In Jerusalem I learned a great deal from colleagues and participants in the workshop on Mechanisms of Canon Making in Antiquity. I remain grateful to the inspiring presence of Rita Finkelberg, Moshe Greenberg , Moshe Halbertal, Robert Lamberton, Christoph Markshies, Andrew Plaks, David Stern, and Guy Stroumsa. It was also a pleasure to converse with and listen to Hubert Cancik, Cristiano Grottanelli, Hayden Pelliccia , and Shaul Shaked. I owe a special debt to Guy Stroumsa and to Rita for their trust in me and to David Stern for his kind words and encouragement . I also gready benefited from conversations with Yossi Yahalom and Menachem Kister at the Hebrew University. My stay in Jerusalem was made particularly pleasant through the friendship of Ada and Amitai Spitzer, Sharon Stern, and Sonia Grober. Special thanks are also due to Ken Holum, director of the Caesarea Maritima dig, who took me and my students under his wing during two exciting seasons. The pursuit ofmy research has been gready facilitated by the Graduate Research Fund at the University of Kansas. The completion of the book has been gready aided by the Vice Chancellor Book Subvention Award granted by the Hall Center for the Humanities at the UniversityofKansas. At the University of Kansas, Pam LeRow, ofthe Word Processing Center, Acknowledgments has traveled with me through years of drafts and revisions with exemplary patience, and Lynn Porter and Paula Courtney, also ofthe Word Processing Center, supplied much-needed moral support. My colleagues, Jim Brundage , Skip Kay, and Rich Ring have lent their wisdom and experience. No words can adequatelydescribe my lasting debt for the friendship that Roma Boniecka Biggins, Anna Cienciala, Elaine Darst, Gunda Georg, and Frau Georg have been always ready to extend. Parts ofthis book have appeared in various forms and in various places. I am very grateful for permission to reproduce articles that appeared in the Revue des etudesjuives,]ournalofJewish Studies, Vetus Testamentum, andZeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung for Rechtsgeschichte (Romanistische Abteilung). I am also very grateful to Philip Davies and to H.-C. Schmitt for their kind understanding. Daniel Boyarin read the manuscript and provided characteristically shrewd and penetrating comments. Steve Fine helped with useful references . This book is dedicated to the memory of Hannes Olivier of Stellenbosch , a gentleman and a scholar, and to the memory of her, the one who knows. Finally, tibadelna lechaim arukim, Dvorah Sivan and Aliza Rodnitzki-Eilan. ...