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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Testo aggiuntivo

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bezalel Bar-Kochva, Bar-Kochva Bezalel
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.02.2016
• EAN: 9780520290846
• ISBN: 978-0-520-29084-6
• Pagine: 628
• Serie: Hellenistic Culture and Society; Hellenistic Culture and Society
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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