Ancient Israel and ancient Greece : religion, politics, and culture
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Ancient Israel and ancient Greece : religion, politics, and culture
Fortress Press, c2003
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 217-220
Includes index
Contents of Works
- 1. The complementarity of Israel and Hellas
- 2. Divine kingship, civil institutions, and imperial rule
- 3. The Mediterranean seer and the shaman
- 4. The shifting roles of women
- 5. Paradise and the forest of Lebanon
- 6. From particularity to universalism
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Description
The Israelites and the Greeks formed "the first free societies, cultivating rain-watered fields around a fortified citadel, recording their words about the human situation in a widely-accessible alphabetic script." With a keen eye for both comparisons and contrasts, John Pairman Brown investigates relationships between ancient Israel and Greece. In this intriguing and engaging work, he addresses historical, religious, linguistic, and cultural connections between these Mediterranean cultures. With erudition and humility, the author illuminates both Israelite and Greek writings and cultures. He brings a vast knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean and its languages to these studies, which will startle and entice the reader back to the ancient texts.
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