Rome, the Greek world, and the East . Vol. 3 The Greek world, the Jews, and the East / / Fergus Millar ; edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers
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Millar Fergus
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| Titolo: |
Rome, the Greek world, and the East . Vol. 3 The Greek world, the Jews, and the East / / Fergus Millar ; edited by Hannah M. Cotton and Guy M. Rogers
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (549 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 938 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece Civilization |
| Rome Civilization | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations; Part I. The Hellenistic World and Rome; 1. The Problem of Hellenistic Syria; 2. The Phoenician Cities: A Case-Study of Hellenisation; 3. Hellenistic History in a Near Eastern Perspective:The Book of Daniel; 4. The Background to the Maccabean Revolution: Reflections on Martin Hengel's ''Judaism and Hellenism''; 5. Polybius between Greece and Rome; 6. The Greek City in the Roman Period; Part II. Rome and the East; 7. Reflections on the Trials of Jesus; 8. The Roman Coloniae of the Near East: A Study of Cultural Relations |
| 9. Latin in the Epigraphy of the Roman Near East 10. Paul of Samosata, Zenobia, and Aurelian: The Church, Local Culture,and Political Allegiance in Third-Century Syria; 11. Caravan Cities: The Roman Near East and Long-Distance Trade by Land; 12. Looking East from the Classical World: Colonialism, Culture, and Trade from Alexander the Great to Shapur I; Part III. Jews and Others; 13. Porphyry: Ethnicity, Language, and Alien Wisdom; 14. Hagar, | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Presents essays that contribute to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of indigenous cultures. This book offers English translations of passages in Greek, Latin, and Semitic languages. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rome, the Greek World, and the East |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908724-2-5 |
| 1-4696-0321-7 | |
| 0-8078-7665-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778149203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.