Hellenism in the Land of Israel

by Collins, John J.; Sterling, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780268030520
• ISBN10: 0268030529
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Summary

The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of the essays in Hellenism in the Land of Israel. Contributors to this rich volume provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt through the rabbinic period. At the same time, they probe the limits of that influence, the persistence of Semitic languages and thought patterns, and the exclusiveness of Jewish religion.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(5)
John J. Collins
Gregory E. Sterling
Judaism and Hellenism Revisited	6	(32)
Martin Hengel
Cult and Culture: The Limits of Hellenization in Judea	38	(24)
John J. Collins
Jewish Perspectives on Greek Culture and Ethnicity	62	(32)
Erich S. Gruen
The High Cost of a Good Education	94	(22)
Robert Doran
The Honorary Decree for Simon the Maccabee (1 Macc 14:25-49) in Its Hellenistic Context	116	(30)
Jan Willem Van Henten
The Honorary Decree for Simon the Maccabee	146	(8)
Edgar Krentz
Greek in Jewish Palestine in Light of Jewish Epigraphy	154	(23)
Pieter W. Van Der Horst
Greek at Qumran	177	(7)
James C. Vanderkam
Galileans, Phoenicians, and Itureans: A Study of Regional Contrasts in the Hellenistic Age	184	(34)
Sean Freyne
Hellenism in Unexpected Places	218	(28)
Shaye J. D. Cohen
Greeks and Barbarians in Josephus	246	(19)
Tessa Rajak
Judaism between Jerusalem and Alexandria	265	(39)
Gregory E. Sterling
Epilogue	304	(4)
Martin Goodman
Contributors	308	(2)
Index of Ancient Authors and Texts	310	(26)
Index of Modern Authors	336