
Athens in Jerusalem
Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew
Yaacov Shavit(Author)
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 1997
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-874774-25-9 (ISBN)
Description
According to the author the Hellenistic tradition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to draw upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The author believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now internalised by the Jewish people.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-874774-25-9 (9781874774259)
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