Jewish ethnic identity and relations in Hellenistic Egypt: with walls of iron?
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Thicker than Water? A Social-Scientific Approach to Ancient Judean Ethnicity -- 1. The Early Dominant Paradigm of Ethnicity -- 2. The Use and Abuse of Ethnicity in Second Temple Studies -- 3. Beyond the Durkheimian Approach -...
| Summary: | Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Thicker than Water? A Social-Scientific Approach to Ancient Judean Ethnicity -- 1. The Early Dominant Paradigm of Ethnicity -- 2. The Use and Abuse of Ethnicity in Second Temple Studies -- 3. Beyond the Durkheimian Approach -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2. The History of Dustbins: Reconstructing Ethnicity from the Papyri -- 1. Models of Greek-Egyptian Interaction -- 2. Models of Greek-Egyptian Conflict -- 3. Judean Ethnic Markers in the Papyri -- 4. Conclusions Chapter 3. Reflections on the Nile: Greek Ethnographers and the Egyptians' Boundary -- 1. Herodotus -- 2. Hellenistic Ethnographers -- 3. Hellenistic Ethnographies of Judeans -- Chapter 4. From the Mouths of Beasts: Ethnic Identity in Apocalyptic Literature from Egypt -- 1. Egyptian Apocalyptic Literature -- 2. The Third Sibylline Oracle -- Chapter 5. For the Sake of Mice and Weasels: Ethnic Boundaries and the "Cultural Stuff" in the Letter of Aristeas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dating -- 3. The Digressions -- 4. The Main Narrative of Aristeas -- 5. The Pseudonym -- 6. Historical Context 7. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 291 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9004303081 |