Studies in Hellenistic Judaism / / by Louis H. Feldman.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 30
• Author: Feldman, Louis H.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 677 pages).

This volume consists of 23 essays that have appeared in 19 different journals and other publications during a period of over 40 years, together with an introduction. The essays deal primarily with the relations between Jews and non-Jews during the period from Alexander the Great to the end of the Roman Empire, in five areas: Josephus; Judaism and Christianity; Latin literature and the Jews; the Romans in Rabbinic literature; and other studies in Hellenistic Judaism. The topics include a programmatic essay comparing Hebraism and Hellenism, pro-Jewish intimations in Apion and in Tacitus, the influence of Josephus on Cotton Mather, Philo's view on music, the relationship between pagan and Christian anti-Semitism, observations on rabbinic reaction to Roman rule, and new light from inscriptions and papyri on Diaspora synagogues.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- ASINIUS POLLIO AND HIS JEWISH INTERESTS -- THE IDENTITY OF POLLIO, THE PHARISEE, IN JOSEPHUS -- ASINIUS POLLIO AND HEROD'S SONS -- JOSEPHUS' JEWISH ANTIQUITIES AND PSEUDO-PHILO'S BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES -- JOSEPHUS' VOCABULARY FOR SLAVERY -- THE TERM \'GALILEANS\' IN JOSEPHUS -- JOSEPHUS' ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SAMARITANS: A STUDY IN AMBIVALENCE -- JOSEPHUS' PORTRAYAL OF THE HASMONEANS COMPARED WITH 1 MACCABEES -- THE SOURCES OF JOSEPHUS' ANTIQUITIES, BOOK 19 -- PRO-JEWISH INTIMATIONS IN ANTI-JEWISH REMARKS CITED IN JOSEPHUS' AGAINST APION -- THE INFLUENCE OF JOSEPHUS ON COTTON MATHER'S BIBLIA AMERICANA: A STUDY IN AMBIGUITY -- IS THE NEW TESTAMENT ANTI-SEMITIC? -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAGAN AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ANTI-SEMITISM -- THE JEWISH SOURCES OF PETER COMESTOR'S COMMENTARY ON GENESIS IN HIS HISTORIA SCHOLASTICA -- THE ENIGMA OF HORACE'S THIRTIETH SABBATH -- PRO-JEWISH INTIMATIONS IN TACITUS' ACCOUNT OF JEWISH ORIGINS -- ABBA KOLON AND THE FOUNDING OF ROME -- SOME OBSERVATIONS ON RABBINIC REACTION TO ROMAN RULE IN THIRD CENTURY PALESTINE -- TORAH AND SECULAR CULTURE: CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD -- PHILO'S VIEWS ON MUSIC -- THE JEWS AS VIEWED BY PLUTARCH -- SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE NAME OF PALESTINE -- DIASPORA SYNAGOGUES: NEW LIGHT FROM INSCRIPTIONS AND PAPYRI -- BIBLIOGRAPHY: JOSEPHUS' PORTRAYAL OF THE HASMONEANS AS COMPARED WITH 1 MACCABEES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INDEX OF PASSAGES FROM ANCIENT WRITERS -- INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF GREEK, LATIN, AND HEBREW WORDS -- INDEX OF MODERN SCHOLARS -- ARBEITEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN JUDENTUMS UND DES URCHRISTENTUMS.