Image of the Jews in Greek Literature - The Hellenistic Period

“A brilliant and systematic analysis of twelve key documents' treatment of the Jews, this book does more than collect and arrange references to Judaism. It selects important intellectual authorities and subjects them to a rigorous examination, which places learning on a wholly new foundation. Bar-Kochva changes the face of the scholarship.”—Jacob Neusner, Institute of Advanced Theology, Bard College

About the author

Bezalel Bar-Kochva is Jacob M. Alkow Professor of the History of the Jews in the Ancient World at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the author of Pseudo Hecataeus "On the Jews": Legitimizing the Jewish Diaspora (UC Press), among other books.

Summary

Examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people, their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.

Additional text

“Bar-Kochva . . . provides erudite reinterpretations of many of the texts, showing that Greek views of Jews in this period are a complicated issue.”

Product details

• Authors: Bezalel Bar-Kochva, Bar-Kochva Bezalel
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2016
• EAN: 9780520290846
• ISBN: 978-0-520-29084-6
• No. of pages: 628
• Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society; Hellenistic Culture and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Classical texts, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Social groups: religious groups and communities