Image of the Jews in Greek Literature - The Hellenistic Period

“Bar-Kochva . . . provides erudite reinterpretations of many of the texts, showing that Greek views of Jews in this period are a complicated issue.” 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. Klappentext “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 Zusammenfassung Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background.

Product details

• Authors: Bezalel Bar-Kochva, Bar-Kochva Bezalel
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2010
• EAN: 9780520253360
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25336-0
• No. of pages: 632
• Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society; Hellenistic Culture and Societ; 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, Ancient History, Literature: history and criticism, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Relating to Jewish people and groups, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Social groups: religious groups and communities