Ptolemaic Egyptian Jewry

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While the corpus clearly demonstrates full integration by the Ptolemaic Egyptian Jewry, there is value in considering whether the anti-Semitic sentiments that defined the Roman Period in Egypt were already in development. Within Egypt, native Egyptians were the most likely source of animosity towards Jewish communities. In terms of legal interactions, corpus papyri show that Jews could be considered equal to Egyptians (CPJ No. 22). However, Egyptians were significantly more limited in terms of economic and social advancement. Firstly, Alexander granted isopolitea to Jewish immigrants, but not Egyptian natives (Torallas-Tovar 10/6). The vast majority of the free Egyptian population were considered inferior to the Greeks politically, judicially,

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