Jewish perspectives on Hellenistic rulers

Author(s)

• Rajak, Tessa

Bibliographic Information

Jewish perspectives on Hellenistic rulers

edited by Tessa Rajak ... [et al.]

（Hellenistic culture and society, 50）（S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies）

University of California Press, c2007

• : cloth : alk. paper

Note

"All papers in this book were presented at the Greek Bible Project's colloquium"--Preface

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and indexes

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Contents of Works

• Philosophy and monarchy in the Hellenistic world / Oswyn Murray
• The character of Ptolemaic aristocracy: problems of definition and evidence / Jane Rowlandson
• Persia through the Jewish looking-glass / Erich Gruen
• Ben Sira on kings and kingship / Benjamin Wright
• The image of the Oriental monarch in the Third Book of Maccabees / Philip Alexander and Loveday Alexander
• The angry tyrant / Tessa Rajak
• The narrative function of the king and the library in the Letter of Aristeas / Sylvie Honigman
• Kingship and banditry: the Parthian empire and its western subjects / Richard Fowler
• Translating for Ptolemy: patriotism and politics in the Greek Pentateuch? / Sarah Pearce
• Poet and critic: royal ideology and the Greek translator of Proverbs / James Aitken
• The king's good servant?: Loyalty, subversion, and Greek Daniel / Jennifer Dines
• The terminology of government in the Septuagint--in comparison with Hebrew, Aramaic, and other languages / Lester Grabbe
• The court function of the interpreter in Genesis 42.23 and early Greek papyri / Trevor Evans
• The Greek Bible and Jewish concepts of royal priesthood and priestly monarchy / Arie van der Kooij
• Royal ideology: 1 and 2 Maccabees and Egypt / Jan Willem van Henten
• Constructing kings--from the Ptolemies to the Herodians: the archaeological evidence / Douglas Edwards

Details

• NCID: BA86800263
• ISBN:
  • 9780520250840
• LCCN: 2007046132
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 363 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM176
  • DC22 : 296.09/01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Jews -- Civilization -- Greek influences -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Mediterranean Region -- Kings and rulers -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Bible. O.T. Greek -- Versions -- Septuagint -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Kings and rulers -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04308850
  • BA40077558