Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora

John J. Collins

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000 - Religion - 327 pages

One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In this widely acclaimed study of the Jews who lived in Hellenistic Egypt, "between Athens and Jerusalem," John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Judaism, treating not only the introductory questions of date, authorship, and provenance but also the larger question of Jewish identity in the Greco-Roman world.First published in 1984, this landmark study by one of the world's leading experts in Hellinistic Judaism is now fully revised and updated to take into account the best of recent scholarship.

Contents

• XIII: 29
• XIV: 33
• XV: 35
• XVI: 37
• XVII: 46
• XVIII: 47
• XIX: 51
• XX: 52
• XXI: 54
• XXII: 57
• XXIII: 60
• XXIV: 62
• XXV: 64
• XXVI: 69
• XXVII: 73
• XXVIII: 74
• XXIX: 77
• XXX: 78
• XXXI: 83
• XXXII: 87
• XXXIII: 88
• XXXIV: 91
• XXXV: 92
• XXXVI: 95
• XXXVIII: 96
• XXXIX: 97
• XL: 103
• XLI: 110
• XLII: 113
• XLIII: 122
• XLIV: 131
• XLV: 138
• XLVI: 140
• XLVII: 143
• XLVIII: 150
• XLIX: 151
• L: 153
• LI: 155
• LII: 157
• LIII: 160
• LIV: 165
• LV: 166
• LVI: 167
• LVII: 168
• LVIII: 174
• LIX: 177
• LX: 179
• LXII: 183
• LXIII: 184
• LXIV: 186
• LXV: 190
• LXVI: 191
• LXVII: 195
• LXVIII: 202
• LXIX: 210
• LXX: 211
• LXXI: 214
• LXXII: 217
• LXXIII: 219
• LXXV: 224
• LXXVI: 230
• LXXVII: 232
• LXXVIII: 234
• LXXIX: 235
• LXXX: 236
• LXXXI: 237
• LXXXII: 238
• LXXXIII: 239
• LXXXIV: 240
• LXXXV: 242
• LXXXVI: 243
• LXXXVII: 244
• LXXXVIII: 245
• LXXXIX: 246
• XC: 248
• XCI: 250
• XCII: 251
• XCIII: 252
• XCIV: 253
• XCV: 255
• XCVI: 257
• XCVII: 258
• XCVIII: 259
• XCIX: 261
• C: 262
• CI: 264
• CII: 270
• CIII: 273
• CIV: 276
• CV: 303
• CVI: 307
• CVII: 315

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About the author

John J. Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School and a recognized expert in early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. His many other works include The Apocalyptic Imagination, Beyond the Qumran Community, The Scepter and the Star, and (with Daniel C. Harlow) The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora; The Biblical Resource Series
• Author: John J. Collins
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000
• ISBN: 0802843727, 9780802843722
• Length: 327 pages
• Subjects: Religion / General; Religion / Judaism / General; Religion / Judaism / History