Jewish Cult and Hellenistic Culture (2005 Collins), book
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Jewish Cult and Hellenistic Culture (2005) is a book by John J. Collins.
Abstract
"This is a collection of 12 essays, written since 1997, on themes related to Hellenistic (Greek-speaking) Judaism. They include a review essay on recent scholarship on Hellenistic Judaism, a discussion of the question of anti-Semitism in antiquity, a study of the Hellenistic reform in Jerusalem, several studies of individual texts and an essay on the circumstances that led to the first Jewish revolt against Rome."--Publisher description.
Editions and translations
Published in Leiden: Boston, 2005 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 100).