Jewish ethnic identity and relations in Hellenistic Egypt: with walls of iron?
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Thicker than Water? A Social-Scientific Approach to Ancient Judean Ethnicity -- 1. The Early Dominant Paradigm of Ethnicity -- 2. The Use and Abuse of Ethnicity in Second Temple Studies -- 3. Beyond the Durkheimian Approach -...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
volume 171 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Jews
/ Hellenism
/ Cultural identity
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| Further subjects: | B
Jews (Egypt)
Identity
History To 1500
B Jews History 586 B.C.-70 A.D Historiography B Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D Historiography B Jews Civilization Greek influences B Jewish learning and scholarship (Egypt) History To 1500 B Egypt History 332-30 B.C Historiography |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Moore, Stewart: Jewish Ethnic Identity and Relations in Hellenistic Egypt : With Walls of Iron?. - Leiden : BRILL,c2015. - 9789004301924 |
| Summary: | Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Thicker than Water? A Social-Scientific Approach to Ancient Judean Ethnicity -- 1. The Early Dominant Paradigm of Ethnicity -- 2. The Use and Abuse of Ethnicity in Second Temple Studies -- 3. Beyond the Durkheimian Approach -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2. The History of Dustbins: Reconstructing Ethnicity from the Papyri -- 1. Models of Greek-Egyptian Interaction -- 2. Models of Greek-Egyptian Conflict -- 3. Judean Ethnic Markers in the Papyri -- 4. Conclusions Chapter 3. Reflections on the Nile: Greek Ethnographers and the Egyptians' Boundary -- 1. Herodotus -- 2. Hellenistic Ethnographers -- 3. Hellenistic Ethnographies of Judeans -- Chapter 4. From the Mouths of Beasts: Ethnic Identity in Apocalyptic Literature from Egypt -- 1. Egyptian Apocalyptic Literature -- 2. The Third Sibylline Oracle -- Chapter 5. For the Sake of Mice and Weasels: Ethnic Boundaries and the "Cultural Stuff" in the Letter of Aristeas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dating -- 3. The Digressions -- 4. The Main Narrative of Aristeas -- 5. The Pseudonym -- 6. Historical Context 7. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index |
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| ISBN: | 9004303081 |