ISBN10: 1565634764, ISBN13: 9781565634763, [publisher: Peabody : Hendrickson] Softcover XVII, 563 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Bleached spine, minimal staining on bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Verblichener Rücken, minimale Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: I. Hellenistic Civilization in Palestine -- 1. Political Events Down to the Time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes -- 2. The Greek Towns of Palestine -- 3. Jerusalem on the Eve of the Hellenistic Reform -- 4. The Hellenistic Reform -- 5. Antiochus' Persecution of Judaism -- 6. The War of Liberation -- 7. The Hasmonean Period -- II. Hellenistic Civilization in the Diaspora -- 1. Political History -- 2. Jewish Community and Greek City -- 3. Economics and Society -- 4. The Cultural Climate. - The encounter between Jews and Greeks marked one of the most revolutionary meetings in the ancient world, for in that encounter politics, economics, culture, and religion changed dramatically. Victor Tcherikover, who devoted his entire scholarly life to the study of the Hellenistic period, offers here a benchmark assessment of that encounter. In this reprinted edition of his most famous work, including a new preface by University of Chicago Professor John J. Collins, Tcherikover uniquely combines "analyses of two of the most intriguing episodes of Jewish history in ...
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