The image of the Jews in Greek literature : the Hellenistic Period / by Bezalel Bar-Kochva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bar-Kochva, Bezalel.

Series:

S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

Hellenistic culture and society ; 51.

Hellenistic culture and society ; 51

The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews in literature.

Greek literature, Hellenistic--History and criticism.

Greek literature, Hellenistic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (629 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This landmark contribution to ongoing debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. Among the leading Greek intellectuals who devoted special attention to the Jews were Theophrastus (the successor of Aristotle), Hecataeus of Abdera (the father of "scientific" ethnography), and Apollonius Molon (probably the greatest rhetorician of the Hellenistic world). Bezalel Bar-Kochva examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background; their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. From Alexander and the Successors to the Religious Persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (333 - 168 b.c.e.)

Part II. The Hasmonaean Period

Conclusion

Appendix. The God of Moses in Strabo

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612463204

9781282463202

1282463209

9780520943636

0520943635

OCLC:

593239941