Athens in Jerusalem: Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew

Athens in Jerusalem: Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew
ISBN-10
1909821764
ISBN-13
9781909821767
Category
Religion
Pages
578
Language
English
Published
1997-10-01
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Author
Yaacov Shavit

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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