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An entry from Fiscus Judaicus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 17 November 2006.

It says that the tax was only levied in Egypt until 62, but elsewhere, it was levied past that. Either it's contradictory, or it's confusing. Either way, someone who has done some research on this should revise it. Especially since this article is on the Main Page. --Jickyincognito 11:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't see any contradiction here. Documentary evidence confirms that the tax was levied in Egypt on 62-year-ols people, but it was supposed to be levied on all regardless of age. Documentary evidence is never complete. Beit Or 11:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

It seems this tax maybe instituted because they anyhow kept paying.. slightly similar to freezing hamas accounts. So it is worth mentioning whether the shekel tax was payed to the judaic temple outside jerusalem, before the destruction? And it is also rather fascinating whether 'veiled' jews, used to pay that tax. It wouldn't have been a last, this method of stopping the cashflow of (so perceived) violent movements80.56.39.16 00:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

About Domitian levying the tax from proselytes, and the success of Jewish proselytism in Rome: there is a big argument in the academic community regarding this. L.A. Thompson in “Domitian and the Jewish Tax”, Historia, Vol. 31 (1982), pp. 329-342, argues forcefully that since under Domitian Roman converts to Judaism were punished by property confiscation and/or exile, it is impossible to surmise that they also payed a tax, which in the context of Roman society would amount to a sort of permit for their way of life. Also, Martin Goodman in “Nerva, the Fiscus Judaicus and Jewish Identity”, Journal of Roman Studies. Vol. 79 (1989), pp.40-44, and in “The Fiscus Iudaicus and Gentile Attitudes to Judaism in Flavian Rome”, in Jonathan Edmondson, Steve Mason & James Rives (eds.) Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome. (Oxford, 2005), pp. 167-177, argues the same way, going against Feldman. Goodman also mentions that under the Flavians, anti-Jewish propogande was a major feature of the regime, and that it is unlikely that there were many converts during this particular epoch. I am quite new to this business, so I'm not sure how to incorporate this into the article itself. Urish 23:50 13 December 2006 (UTC)