Ancient Judaism In Its Hellenistic Context (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)
Contributors: Carol Bakhos (Editor); JEWISH CIVILIZATION BETWEEN ATHENS AND J (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers; Brill Academic Pub; Brill
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9789004138711
Subjects: Judaism; Greek influences; Ancient - General; Judaism - History; History - General History; Jews; Religion; Interior Design - General; History; 168 B.C.-135 A.D.; Judaism - General; Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.; 168 B.C.-135 A.D; Civilization; Congresses
Description: "This volume explores the ways in which Jews lived within the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman contexts, how they negotiated their religious and social boundaries in their own distinctive manner. Scholars demonstrate how the Jewish encounter with Hellenism led not to a conscious struggle with alien forces but rather in many instances to an active retailoring and re-shaping of tradition in light of their material, ideological and philosophical surroundings. That is to say, the Jews, a minority people, maintained their identity by adapting the trappings, to varying degrees, of their milieu. These essays also reflect many issues that emerge when we study the development of several aspects of Jewish Civilization through the ages in light of broad socio-political, cultural and philosophical contexts."--BOOK JACKET.