ISBN:
9789047414537
,
9789004138711
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2004
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 95
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context
Keywords:
Hellenism Congresses
;
Jews Congresses Civilization
;
Greek influences
;
Jews Congresses History 168 B.C.-135 A.D
;
Jews Congresses Civilization
;
Judaism Congresses History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
Abstract:
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 re-tailoring 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047414537
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