Abstract
Besides the other [taxes], the Jewish tax (Iudai'cus fiscus) was pursued with especial vigor: for which those persons were turned over (deferebantur)1 who either lived a Jewish life undeclared or who, lying about their origins, had not paid the levy imposed on their people (genti). I recall being present, as a teenager, when an old man, of ninety years, was inspected by a procurator (and a crowded court!) to see whether he was circumcised.2
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