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IntersectionLieuAntiquité–XIXe siècle

Region: Algérie (Nord-Est, wilaya de Tébessa)

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The ancient Roman Theveste of northeastern Algeria, Tébessa possesses Jewish funerary inscriptions in Latin dating from Late Antiquity, among the oldest epigraphic attestations of Judaism in North Africa. A presence was maintained until the medieval period.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Tébessa (Théveste) give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill

Communities of this place

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