Christopher D. Stanley in one of the articles of Journal's for the Study of the
             New Testament titled 'Neither Jew nor Greek' talks about the ethnical conflict in
             Graeco-Roman society. He focuses his writing on four main periods of conflict existence.
             Before I will go to the summary of the periods I will introduce his definition of
             ethnicity and conflict. By term 'ethnic' he means "not as fixed quality that inheres in
             some objectively identifiable population group, but rather as a fluid aspect of individual
             and group self-definition that can be either highlighted or ignored as circumstances
             warrant' (pg. 110). Boundaries that are used to distinguish 'insiders from outsiders'(111)
             are (1) a belief in shared history, (2) a common culture, (3) some form of physical
             difference. The author describes conflict as a competition "for scarce social, economics,
             or territorial resources; where there are discrepancies or change in the political power;
             where one group has migrated into territory of another; where there is a historical
             conflict; or where groups in the same area possess discordant systems of personal and
             The author identifies four main periods of conflict what I already mentioned in the introduction. First period extends through the latter half of the first century of BCE. Fifty years later we have the second conflict. Third ones is dated through the Levant and at the time of the Jewish Revolt. Finally, the forth one occurred in Diaspora revolt of 115-17 CE.
             Primary sources for these conflicts can be found in the writings of Josephus. In most instances the conflicts are resulted from tensions between the Jewish community and the local citizen-body and their leaders. Writer concludes his introduction saying that "religious differences lay at the heart of these disputes" It is also true
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