Религия, многообразие и взаимодействие по тракийските земи – примерът на еврейската общност в района на Филипопол (1–4 в.)
Religion, Diversity and Interaction on Thracian Land in the 1–4 Centuries AD – the Case of the Jewish Community in the Region of Philippopolis

Summary/Abstract: During the I–IV centuries AD, religious diversity became one of the key features of the Graeco-roman world, as attested by literary evidence from the period and supported by a series of modern studies. Coexistence and interaction between various cults in the Empire, along with their understanding of the gods and the sacred, contributed to shape the specific culture of the period. The paper intends to examine some aspects of this culture through the example of the Jewish community in region of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv). The existence of the Jewish community in the region of Philippopolis during the first centuries of the Roman Empire is attested by a group of inscriptions as well as the excavation of a building identified as a synagogue. This evidence is well known and it is currently being supplemented by new studies. However, few of them have focused specifically on the subject of the interaction between this community and its milieu. By exploring this subject, the paper contextualizes the community and brings a clearer image of its life, its understanding and expression of the sacred and its possible interactions with other religions on Thracian land.

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