Author : Louis H. Feldman
Release : 2006-07-01
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered by : Louis H. Feldman
Download or read book Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered written by Louis H. Feldman. This book was released on 2006-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of 26 previously published articles, with a number of additions and corrections, and with a long new introduction on "The Influence of Hellenism on Jews in Palestine in the Hellenistic Period." The articles deal with such subjects as "Homer and the Near East," "The Septuagint," "Hatred and Attraction to the Jews in Classical Antiquity," "Conversion to Judaism in Classical Antiquity," "Philo, Pseudo-Philo, Josephus, and Theodotus on the Rape of Dinah," "The Influence of the Greek Tragedians on Josephus," "Josephus' Biblical Paraphrase as a Commentary on Contemporary Issues," "Parallel Lives of Two Lawgivers: Josephus' Moses and Plutarch's Lycurgus," "Rabbinic Insights on the Decline and Forthcoming Fall of the Roman Empire."