Title: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
First published: 1996
Description: This volume consists of twenty-three essays that have appeared in nineteen different journals and other publications during a period of over forty years, together with an introduction. The essays deal primarily with the relations between Jews and non-Jews during the period from Alexander the Great to the end of the Roman Empire, in five areas: Josephus; Judaism and Christianity; Latin literature and the Jews; the Romans in Rabbinic literature; and other studies in Hellenistic Judaism.

The topics include a programmatic essay comparing Hebraism and Hellenism, pro-Jewish intimations in Apion and in Tacitus, the influence of Josephus on Cotton Mather, Philo's view on music, the relationship between pagan and Christian anti-Semitism, observations on rabbinic reaction to Roman rule, and new light from inscriptions and papyri on Diaspora synagogues.
Subjects: Judaism, History, Historiography, Jews, Relations, Geschichtsschreibung, Jodendom, Interfaith relations, Hellenistische Juden, Hellenismus, Hellenistisch-jüdische Literatur, Judaïsme, Histoire, Juifs, Judentum, Historiographie, 15.75 history of Asia, Post-exilic period (Judaism), Hellenisme, Oudheid, Josephus, flavius, Jews, history, to 70 a.d., Judaism, history, Judaism, relations
People: Flavius Josephus
Time periods: To 70 A.D., Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
LC classification: DS115.9.J6 F45 1996