ISBN:
9789004496507
,
9789004128866
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2003
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 76
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Philanthrôpia judaica : Le débat autour de la "misanthropie" des lois juives dans l'Antiquité
Keywords:
Philo, of Alexandria - Views on Jewish humanitarianism
;
Philo
;
Josephus, Flavius
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Judaism and literature Greece
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Philanthropy Religious aspect
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Judaism
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History
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Until 1500
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Greek literature, Hellenistic History and criticism
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Greek literature, Hellenistic Jewish authors
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History and criticism
;
Humanitarianism Religious aspects To 1500
;
Judaism
;
History
;
Judaism and literature
;
Judaism Controversial literature
;
History and criticism
;
Misanthropy
Abstract:
This volume deals with the accusations of misanthropy directed against the Jews during the Hellenistic and Roman period, and with the Jewish attempts to answer those charges. The first part of the book examines the different meanings of the words philanthropia, misanthropia, apanthropia, philoxenia and misoxenia, and analyses the relevant Greek, Egyptian and Roman sources, in order to clarify the significance of the accusation of misanthropy for each writer. The second part deals with the Jewish answers to these accusations, especially with Philo's and Josephus' attempts to show the humane character of the Mosaic Law. This book is the first attempt to write a comprehensive history of this type of anti-Jewish discourse in Antiquity and of the Jewish reactions it provoked
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004496507
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