Constructs of identity in Hellenistic Judaism essays on early Jewish literature and history

"This volume assembles twenty-three essays by Erich S. Gruen, who has written extensively on the literature and history of early Judaism and the experience of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world. Twenty-two of the articles have previously been published, and one new one was composed for the volum...

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Main Author: Gruen, Erich S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Walter de Gruyter 2016, [2016]©2016
Series:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies
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505 0 |a 19. The Letter of Aristeas and the Cultural Context of the Septuagint 20. The Twisted Tales of Artapanus: Biblical Rewritings as Novelistic Narrative ; 21. Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Third Sibylline Oracle ; 22. Subversive Elements in Pseudo-Philo 
505 0 |a 9. The Use and Abuse of the Exodus Story 10. Persia Through the Jewish Looking-Glass ; 11. Greeks and Jews: Mutual Misperceptions in Josephus' Contra Apionem ; 12. Tacitus and the Defamation of the Jews ; Jewish Experience in a Pagan World ; 13. Diaspora and Homeland 
505 0 |a 14. Was There Judeophobia in Classical Antiquity? 15. Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews ; 16. The Origins and Objectives of Onias' Temple ; 17. Herod, Rome, and the Diaspora ; 18. Caligula, The Imperial Cult, and Philo's Legatio ; Jewish Literary Constructs 
505 0 |a 4. Kinship Relations and Jewish Identity 5. Hellenism and Judaism: Fluid Boundaries ; 6. Jews and Greeks as Philosophers: A Challenge to Otherness ; 7. The Purported Jewish-Spartan Affiliation ; Reciprocal Perspectives ; 8. Jewish Perspectives on Greek Culture and Ethnicity 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes 
505 0 |a Overview ; Preface ; First Publications of Essays ; Introduction ; General Reflections ; 1. Cultural Fictions and Cultural Identity ; 2. Hellenistic Judaism ; Jewish Identity and Greco-Roman Culture ; 3. Fact and Fiction: Jewish Legends in a Hellenistic Context 
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653 |a Jews / History / 586 B.C.-70 A.D. 
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