Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in their Interactions Jonathan A. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Jonathan A., author.

Contributor:

Brown University.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies; 217

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 257 p. )

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Brown Judaic Studies 2020

Atlanta : Scholars Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a collection of several of Goldstein's previously published articles. These articles deal with two themes that have animated much of Goldstein’s scholarly interests, intercultural borrowing and religious resistance to foreign rule. Jonathan Goldstein taught at the University of Iowa for 35 years and passed away in 2004.

Contents:

Part One: Intercultural Borrowing

Part Two: Religious Resistance to Foreign Rule.

Jewish Acceptance and Rejection of Hellenism

The Syriac Bill of Sale from Dura-Europos

Review of Goodenough

The Central Composition of the West Wall of the Synagogue of Dura-Europos

Tales of the Tobiads

Uruk Prophecy

The Date of the Book of Jubilees

The Testament of Moses: Its Content, Its Origin, and Its Attestation in Josephus

Apocryphal Book of Baruch

Review of Doran's Temple Propaganda

How the Authors in I and II Maccabees Treated the “Messianic” Promises.

Notes:

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CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781951498221

1951498224

OCLC:

1154558959

Publisher Number:

10.26300/hbyy-cb39 DOI