Between Athens and Jerusalem
Subtitle: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora (The Biblical Resource Series)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780802843722
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Christian theology; Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-2; History and criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Religion - Judaism; Judaism - History; History: World; Judaism; Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Ancient - General; Apocryphal books (Old Testamen; Greek literature; History; Jewish authors
First sentence: The expression of Jewish identity in national and political terms is found in a wide range of writings and literary genres.
Description: "One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In this study of the Jews who lived in Hellenistic Egypt, "between Athens and Jerusalem," John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Jerusalem, treating not only the introductory questions of date, authorship, and provenance but also the larger question of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world.

First published in 1984, this study is now revised and updated to take into account the best of recent scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.