A Decree of Delos Concerning the Jews? (Jos. AJ 14.231-232)

Abstract

Among the documents that Josephus has quoted in Book 14 of the Antiquities is a document introduced with the title 'Decree of the Delians' (AJ 14. 231-232) that reacts to the report that L. Lentulus (cos. 49) has exempted Jews from military service.  The document is not, however, a decree, which have a well understood and much studied format. Nor can it be from Delos. This article argues that Josephus added the title in error, but the actual city cannot be identified.