Publication

2011 - Brill, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

German

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-109004165010
  • ISBN-139789004165014
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010036407
  • OCLC Control Number660161960
  • Better World Books9789004165014
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Classifications

  • DDC296.3/9
  • LCCBM176 .B48 2011
  • LCCBM176.B48 20104

Description

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. The principal focus of this study is on the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, but a large range of other authors from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE are also discussed. Far from limiting themselves to outright rejection, these authors often show a striking familiarity with Greek myth, which they sometimes even incorporated into Jewish myth. Ancient Jewish discourse on Greek myth was not primarily driven by apologetics, but constituted an important aspect of Jewish Hellenism.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism -- v. 145

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