Heritage and Hellenism The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition by Erich S. Gruen

Heritage and Hellenism The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition Erich S. Gruen – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780520929197,0520929195

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• ISBN 10: 0520929195
• ISBN 13: 9780520929197
• Author:Erich S. Gruen

The interaction of Jew and Greek in antiquity intrigues the imagination. Both civilizations boasted great traditions, their roots stretching back to legendary ancestors and divine sanction. 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. Hellenic culture, the culture of the ascendant classes in many of the cities of the Near East, held widespread attraction and appeal. Jews were certainly not immune. In this thoroughly researched, lucidly written work, Erich Gruen draws on a wide variety of literary and historical texts of the period to explore a central question: How did the Jews accommodate themselves to the larger cultural world of the Mediterranean while at the same time reasserting the character of their own heritage within it?

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