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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gruen, Erich S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1998.
Collection:Hellenistic culture and society ; 30.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.