Electronic review copy sent to Ancient West & East 9/4/14 (Leah A) US review list: Bryn Mawr Classical Review Classical Philology (occasional reviewer) American Journal of Ancient History (contributor) Classical Antiquity (contributor) Greek, Roman. And Byzantine Studies (contributor) Phoenix Classical Journal (contributor) ROW: Classical Review (occasional reviewer) Journal of Hellenic Studies Journal of Roman Studies Historia Latomus Gnomon Pallas Revue des Etudes greques Antichthon Reference Reviews THE

A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world. * Covers topics of ethnicity in civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt and Israel, to Greece and Rome, and into Late Antiquity * Features cutting-edge research on ethnicity relating to Philistine, Etruscan, and Phoenician identities * Reveals the explicit relationships between ancient and modern ethnicities * Introduces an interpretation of ethnicity as an active component of social identity * Represents a fundamental questioning of formally accepted and fixed categories in the field