The image of the Jews in Greek literature [[electronic resource] ] : the Hellenistic Period / / by Bezalel Bar-Kochva
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| Author: |
Bar-Kochva Bezalel
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| Title: |
The image of the Jews in Greek literature [[electronic resource] ] : the Hellenistic Period / / by Bezalel Bar-Kochva
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| Publisher: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource (629 p.) |
| Dewey: | 880.9/3529924 |
| Topical subject: | Jews in literature |
| Greek literature, Hellenistic - History and criticism | |
| Uncontrolled subject: | apollonius molon |
| bezalel bar kochva | |
| discussion books | |
| greek culture | |
| greek history | |
| greek intellectuals | |
| greek literature | |
| greek writers | |
| hecataeus of abdera | |
| hellenistic period | |
| historical jews | |
| history buffs | |
| jewish culture | |
| jewish people | |
| jewish representation | |
| jews in literature | |
| literary references | |
| literary style | |
| literary | |
| perceptions of jews | |
| political views | |
| religious backgrounds | |
| religious history | |
| rhetoric | |
| scientific ethnography | |
| social connections | |
| stereotypes | |
| theophrastus | |
| General notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted content note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. From Alexander and the Successors to the Religious Persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (333 - 168 b.c.e.) -- Part II. The Hasmonaean Period -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The God of Moses in Strabo -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary, etc: | This landmark contribution to ongoing debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. Among the leading Greek intellectuals who devoted special attention to the Jews were Theophrastus (the successor of Aristotle), Hecataeus of Abdera (the father of "scientific" ethnography), and Apollonius Molon (probably the greatest rhetorician of the Hellenistic world). Bezalel Bar-Kochva examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background; their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more. |
| Preferred title for the work: | The image of the Jews in Greek literature |
| ISBN: | 1-282-46320-9 |
| 9786612463204 | |
| 0-520-94363-5 | |
| Format: | Language material  |
| Bibliographic level | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781052203321 |
| You will find it: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Check copies here |
Series:
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
Hellenistic culture and society ; ; 51.