Jewish Paideia: Greek Education in the Letter of Aristeas and 2 Maccabees
The substantial corpus of Jewish literature surviving in Greek shows that some Jews appropriated Greek literature and philosophy in highly sophisticated ways. This article argues that Letter of Aristeas and 2 Maccabees are examples of a Jewish paideia, a Jewish cultural literacy in Greek. This Jewis...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2017, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-202 |
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Letter of Aristeas
2 Maccabees
paideia
Demetrius of Phalerum
education
Eleazar
epitome
gymnasium
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