Heritage and hellenism : the reinvention of Jewish tradition /
"In the wake of Alexander the Great's triumphant successes, Greeks and Macedonians came as conquerors and settled as ruling classes in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Jews endured a subordinate status politically and militarily, a minor nation amid the powers of the Hellenistic wor...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
1998.
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Colección: | Hellenistic culture and society ;
30. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Hellenism and the Hasmonaeans
- The use and abuse of the Exodus story
- The Hellenistic images of Joseph
- Scriptural stories in new guise
- Embellishments and inventions
- Kings and Jews
- Pride and precedence.