Food in Roman Palestine : ancient sources and modern research

Abstract

This paper is a survey of the state of scholarship on food in Roman Palestine. Thus the paper surveys the extant literature for the food of Roman Palestine, both from Graeco-Roman sources and the Talmudic sources, and traces the developments in scholarship on the food and dining practices of this province, providing an annotated bibliography and directions for further study. It also considers relevant archaeological finds – material, epigraphic and papyrological. A brief explanation of the Talmudic sources is also included.