Hannah M. Cotton, Roman Rule and Jewish Life: Collected Papers, ed. by O. Pogorelsky, (Studia Judaica –89), De Gruyter, Berlin–Boston 2022, pp. 607, ISBN 978-3-11-019144-8; ISSN 0585-5306

Abstract

Hannah M. Cotton, a renowned and prolific scholar of Roman Judaea and Arabia, made a name for herself in the scholarly community through publishing scores of seminal texts across decades. Cotton’s diverse output comprises case studies, analyses and critical editions of inscriptions and papyri, some of them in form of book chapters, many more in form of articles in respected scholarly journals. Since it is often difficult to access Cotton’s older works, Ofer Pogorelsky edited a recently published collection of 34 articles by H. M. Cotton. The collection divides into four thematic sections: A. Government, Power, and Jurisdiction (pp. 3–111) with six articles;1 B. Documents, Languages, and Law (pp. 115–271) with nine articles;2 C. Land, Army, and Administration (pp. 275–400) with ten articles;3 D. Law, Custom, and Provincial Life (pp. 403–546) with nine articles.4 This editorial di-