Book Details
Orange Code:95781
Paperback:384 pages
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1. Introduction2. Jews and Graeco-Roman culture3. The Jewish experience in Byzantium4. Jews and Jewish communities in the Balkans and the Aegean until the twelfth century5. Origen and the Jews: Jewish–Greek and Jewish–Christian relations6. Jewish–Greek studies in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany7. The origins of the Septuagint8. The language of the Septuagint and Jewish–Greek identity9. Afterlives of the Septuagint10. Medieval and Early Modern Judaeo-Greek biblical translations11. Philo’s knowledge of Hebrew12. The plain and laughter13. Jewish archaeology and art in antiquity14. Jewish–Greek epigraphy in antiquity15. The Rabbis, the Greek Bible and Hellenism16. Greek–Hebrew linguistic contacts in late antique and medieval magical texts17. Jewish and Christian hymnody in the early Byzantine period18. On the Hebrew script of the Greek–Hebrew palimpsests from the Cairo Genizah
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The Jewish-Greek tradition represents an arguably distinctive strand of Judaism characterized by use of the Greek language and interest in Hellenism. This volume traces the Jewish encounter with Greek culture from the earliest points of contact in antiquity to the end of the Byzantine Empire. It honors Nicholas de Lange, whose distinguished work brought recognition to an undeservedly neglected field, in part by dispelling the common belief that Jewish-Greek culture largely disappeared after 100 CE. The authors examine literature, archaeology, and biblical translations, such as the Septuagint, in order to illustrate the substantial exchange of language and ideas. The Jewish-Greek Tradition in Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire demonstrates the enduring significance of the tradition and will be an essential handbook for anyone interested in Jewish studies, biblical studies, ancient and Byzantine history, or the Greek language.
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