GUTERMAN, S.L., — Religious Toleration and Persecution in Ancient Rome.

Aiglon Press, London, 1951. 160p. Original blue cloth with dust wrappers. Head and tail spine slightly scratched. Dust wrappers slightly edge worn and a tiny bit grimy. Still a nice copy. This timely and scholarly study is an attempt to find a single answer to three distinct but closely related questions. Why were the foreign, pagan cults in Ancient Rome sometimes tolerated, sometimes suppressed? Why was Christianity persecuted, at first sporadically, then systematically? Finally why was Judaism generally tolerated? The heart of Dr. Guterman's study is a discussion of the legal basis of the Jewish position in the Empire that throws light on the subject. After a review of conflicting theories, the author presents one that, he believes, conforms to the demands of the Roman public law. (Publisher's information).