Between Athens and Jerusalem (1982 Collins), book

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Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora () is a book by [[]].

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Crossroad Publications, 1982. Reprinted in New York, NY: Crossroad Publications, 1983, 1986; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdman Publishing, 1999, 2000.

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Part One: National and Political Identity
    • 1. The Uses of the Past
    • 2. Religion and Politics: The Ptolemaic Era
    • 3. Religion and Politics The Roman Period
  • Part Two: Identity Through Ethics and Piety
    • 4. The Common Ethic
    • 5. Philosophical Judaism
    • 6. The Mysteries of God
    • 7. Jews and Gentiles
  • Conclusion

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