Ancient Israel and ancient Greece
Subtitle: religion, politics, and culture
By: John Pairman Brown.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Judaism -- Relations -- Greek religion; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Jews -- Civilization -- Greek influences; Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D; Jews -- Palestine -- Civilization; Hellenism; Greece -- Religion -- To 1500; Greece -- Civilization
Description: "The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections. He brings a vast knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and its languages to these studies, which will startle and entice the reader back to the ancient texts."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The complementarity of Israel and Hellas; title: 2. Divine kingship, civil institutions, and imperial rule; title: 3. The Mediterranean seer and the shaman; title: 4. The shifting roles of women; title: 5. Paradise and the forest of Lebanon; title: 6. From particularity to universalism.