Hertage and Hellenism. The reinvention of Jewish tradition - Gruen, Erich S
the reinvention of Jewish tradition
KORTE INHOUD
The interaction of Jew and Greek in antiquity intrigues the imagination. Both civilizations boasted great traditions, their roots stretching back to legendary ancestors and divine sanction. In the wake of Alexander the Great's triumphant successes, Greeks and Macedonians came as conquerors and settled as ruling classes in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Hellenic culture, the culture of the ascendant classes in many of the cities of the Near East, held widespread attraction and appeal. Jews were certainly not immune. In this thoroughly researched, lucidly written work, Erich Gruen draws on a wide variety of literary and historical texts of the period to explore a central question: How did the Jews accommodate themselves to the larger cultural world of the Mediterranean while at the same time reasserting the character of their own heritage within it? Erich Gruen's work highlights Jewish creativity, ingenuity, and inventiveness, as the Jews engaged actively with the traditions of Hellas, adapting genres ...
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1998Uitgever: University of California Press, Berkeley335 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0520210522ISBN-13: 9780520210523Koop dit boek tweedehands
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University of California Press: Berkeley, 1998. Bound in boards with dustwrapper, ix-xx + 335pp. 1st printing. Bibliography, notes. 15x23x3cm. In very good condition. [Parcel service]. [Categorie: Judaica] [Auteur: Gruen, Erich S.] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: Heritage and Hellinism: The reinvention of Jewish tradition.]
