The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism: Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History

Erich S. Gruen

book: The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2016

The Construct of Identity in Hellenistic Judaism

Essays on Early Jewish Literature and History

Erich S. Gruen

Volume 29 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110375558

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About this book

This book collects twenty two previously published essays and one new one by Erich S. Gruen who has written extensively on the literature and history of early Judaism and the experience of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world. His many articles on this subject have, however, appeared mostly in conference volumes and Festschriften, and have therefore not had wide circulation. By putting them together in a single work, this will bring the essays to the attention of a much broader scholarly readership and make them more readily available to students in the fields of ancient history and early Judaism. The pieces are quite varied, but develop a number of connected and related themes: Jewish identity in the pagan world, the literary representations by Jews and pagans of one another, the interconnections of Hellenism and Judaism, and the Jewish experience under Hellenistic monarchies and the Roman empire.

Author / Editor information

Erich S. Gruen, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Reviews

"Den Hg.n ist zu danken, dass sie die vorliegende Sammlung von Beiträgen, die Erich S. Gruen seit 1993 veröffentlicht hat, in die Reihe Deuterocanonicol and Cognate Literature Studies aufgenommen haben. Damit ist zu hoffen, dass der Band eine möglichst breite Leserschaft finden wird. [...] Der Vf. schafft es, einen neuen Blick auf bekannte Quellen zu werfen, aber auch eher unbekannte Quellen zu erschließen. Aus den einzelnen, oftmals an (aus theologischer Sicht) entlegenen Orten veröffentlichten Beiträgen wird durch die Zusammenstellung ein faszinierendes Werk, dessen Lektüre zu fesseln vermag [...] Dieses Werk darf in keiner wissenschaftlichen theologischen Bibliothek fehlen."
Hans Förster in: Theologische Revuew, Jahrgang 113 (2017), Nr. 6, S. 465-466

Topics

Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Overview Open Access Download PDF	V
Preface Open Access Download PDF	VII
First Publications of Essays Open Access Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Martin Goodman Open Access Download PDF	1
General Reflections
1. Cultural Fictions and Cultural Identity Open Access Download PDF	7
2. Hellenistic Judaism Open Access Download PDF	21
Jewish Identity and Greco-Roman Culture
3. Fact and Fiction: Jewish Legends in a Hellenistic Context Open Access Download PDF	79
4. Kinship Relations and Jewish Identity Open Access Download PDF	95
5. Hellenism and Judaism: Fluid Boundaries Open Access Download PDF	113
6. Jews and Greeks as Philosophers: A Challenge to Otherness Open Access Download PDF	133
7. The Purported Jewish-Spartan Affiliation Open Access Download PDF	153
Reciprocal Perspectives
8. Jewish Perspectives on Greek Culture and Ethnicity Open Access Download PDF	169
9. The Use and Abuse of the Exodus Story Open Access Download PDF	197
10. Persia Through the Jewish Looking-Glass Open Access Download PDF	229
11. Greeks and Jews: Mutual Misperceptions in Josephus’ Contra Apionem Open Access Download PDF	245
12. Tacitus and the Defamation of the Jews Open Access Download PDF	265
Jewish Experience in a Pagan World
13. Diaspora and Homeland Open Access Download PDF	283
14. Was There Judeophobia in Classical Antiquity? Open Access Download PDF	313
15. Hellenism and Persecution: Antiochus IV and the Jews Open Access Download PDF	333
16. The Origins and Objectives of Onias’ Temple Open Access Download PDF	359
17. Herod, Rome, and the Diaspora Open Access Download PDF	383
18. Caligula, The Imperial Cult, and Philo’s Legatio Open Access Download PDF	397
Jewish Literary Constructs
19. The Letter of Aristeas and the Cultural Context of the Septuagint Open Access Download PDF	413
20. The Twisted Tales of Artapanus: Biblical Rewritings as Novelistic Narrative Open Access Download PDF	437
21. Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Third Sibylline Oracle Open Access Download PDF	451
22. Subversive Elements in Pseudo-Philo Open Access Download PDF	473
23. Jewish Literature and the Second Sophistic Open Access Download PDF	487
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	505
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	512
Index of People, Places and Subjects Open Access Download PDF	542
Index of Primary Sources Open Access Download PDF	551

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Classical Studies, Early Judaism, Religious Studies
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 574
Keywords: Identity; Hellenism; Judaism; representations

eBook

Published: September 12, 2016
ISBN: 9783110375558

Hardcover

Published: September 12, 2016
ISBN: 9783110373028

Paperback

Published: June 11, 2018
ISBN: 9783110609448