Judaism and Hellenism in antiquity
Subtitle: conflict or confluence
By: Lee I. Levine.
Series: The Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies; Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Judaism -- Relations -- Greek; Jews -- Civilization -- Greek influences; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Synagogues -- History; Hellenism; Greece -- Religion
Description: Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity.

Judaism and Hellenism in Antiquity examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander's conquest to the Byzantine era, offering a balanced view of the literary, epigraphical, and archeological evidence attesting to the process of Hellenization in Jewish life and its impact on several aspects of Judaism as we know it today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and indexes.