From the Ptolemies to the Romans: Empire in Jewish Literature from Egypt

This article studies the use of τὰ πράγματα in Jewish literature written in Ptolemaic and early Imperial Egypt. While there was no Greek term for “empire” that aligns with the modern sense of an empire as a territorial polity, τὰ πράγματα most closely resembles our modern notion of empire. First, we...

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Authors: Glass, R. Gillian (Author) ; Keddie, Anthony ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2020]
In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-207
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B pragma (Word) / Greek language / Empire / Egypt (Antiquity) / History
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Ptolemaic Egypt
B Letter of Aristeas
B Imperialism
B Greek Esther
B Philo
B Second Maccabees
B Hellenistic Judaism
B Third Maccabees
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