Alexander the Great in Jerusalem - Myth and History

About the author

Ory Amitay is Senior Lecturer at the University of Haifa where he has been teaching Ancient History since 2003. He studied Ancient History at Tel-Aviv University and completed his graduate studies in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley. His academic focus is on the meeting points of myth and history, in particular in cases of inter-cultural exchange, and he has previously published on the mythology and history of Alexander the Great.

Summary

This book discusses four stories told in antiquity about the meeting between Alexander the Great and the Judeans of Jerusalem. It demonstrates how the historical tradition used Alexander to bolster Judean self-confidence under conditions of military and political inferiority and to absorb the changing foreign rulers into their sacred history.

Product details

• Authors: Ory Amitay, Ory (Senior Lecturer Amitay, Amitay Ory
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198929529
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892952-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Jerusalem, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, mysticism, Classical texts, Judaism, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Judaism: mysticism