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Hellenism in the Land of Israel (2001) is a book by John J. Collins and Gregory E. Sterling.

Abstract

"The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of the essays in Hellenism in the Land of Israel. Contributors to this rich volume provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt through the rabbinic period. At the same time, they probe the limits of that influence, the persistence of Semitic languages and thought patterns, and the exclusiveness of Jewish religion."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2001.

Contents

• Judaism and Hellenism revisited / Martin Hengel
• Cult and culture: the limits of Hellenization in Judea / John J. Collins
• Jewish perspectives on Greek culture and ethnicity / Erich S. Gruen
• The high cost of a good education / Robert Doran
• The honorary decree from Simon the Maccabee (1 Macc 14:25-49) in its Hellenistic context / Jan Willem Van Henten
• The honorary decree from Simon the Maccabee / Edgar Krents
• Greek in Jewish Palestine in light of Jewish epigraphy / Pieter W. Van der Horst
• Greek at Qumran / James C. VanderKam
• Galileans, Phoenicians, and Itureans: a study of regional contrasts in the Hellenistic age / Sean Freyne
• Hellenism in unexpected places / Shaye J.D. Cohen
• Greeks and barbarians in Josephus / Tessa Rajak
• Judaism between Jerusalem and Alexandria / Gregory E. Sterling

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