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Between Alexandria and Jerusalem : the dynamic of Jewish and Hellenistic culture / by Arkady Kovelman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kovelman, A. B.
- Series:
- Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 21.
- The Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.
- Jews.
- Jews--History--70-638.
- Jews--Civilization--Greek influences.
- Hellenism.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Jews--Rome--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book exhibits the dynamics of Jewish culture from Alexandrian exegesis to the Talmud in the framework of literary revolutions. These revolutions followed the crisis of tradition and the appearance of 'mass society' in Late Antiquity.
- Contents:
- A quest for historicism and the rhetoric of petitions
- Laughter, fantasy, and eroticism : from the scroll of Esther to Esther Midrash
- Exegesis and midrash
- Typology and pesher in the "Letter of Aristeas"
- The sages and the crowd : society behind the culture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-86813-9
- 9786610868131
- 1-4294-5311-7
- 1-4337-0495-1
- OCLC:
- 476023663
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