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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817318603321

Autore

Shavit Jacob

Titolo

Athens in Jerusalem : classical antiquity and Hellenism in the making of the modern secular Jew / / Jacob Shavit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-80034-087-7

1-909821-76-4

Edizione

[First digital on-demand edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 560 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online.

Disciplina

296.3/7

Soggetti

Judaism - Relations - Greek religion

Jews - Civilization - Greek influences

Judaism - History - Modern period, 1750- - Historiography

Greece Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1997.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

According to the author the Hellenistic tradition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to draw upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The author believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now internalised by the Jewish people '.