In the Hellenistic period Jews regularly encountered Greek mythology in one form or another: in literature, in art, or through language. This book is the first comprehensive study of the different strategies pursued by Jewish-Hellenistic authors as they engaged with Greek myth. …
In the Hellenistic period Jews regularly encountered Greek mythology in one form or another: in literature, in art, or through language. This book is the first comprehensive study of the different strategies pursued by Jewish-Hellenistic authors as they engaged with Greek myth. …
A collection of essays by twenty-three international scholars sheds new light on the history of the Jews from biblical times to the modern day and explores the fundamental question of Jewish culture and identity at each period in history, in three chronological sections--Mediter…
The premise of [this book] is that although Jews have always had their own autonomous traditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered immutable, the fixed product of either ancient or religious origins. Rather, it has shifted and assumed new forms in response to the cultural en…
Una colección de ensayos que reflejan varios aspectos de la cultura judía, discutiendo cómo la identidad judía ha cambiado en respuesta al ambiente cultural en el cual los judíos vivieron.
Cultures of the Jews: a new history