Athens in Jerusalem : classical antiquity and Hellenism in the making of the modern secular Jew /
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| Author / Creator: | Shavi?, Ya?a?ov, 1944- |
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| Uniform title: | Yahadut bi-reʼi ha-Yaṿanut ṿe-hofaʻat ha-Yehudi ha-Helenisṭi ha-moderni. English |
| Imprint: | London ; Portland, Or. : Vallentine Mitchell & Co., 1997. |
| Description: | xv, 560 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Littman library of Jewish civilization Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2777049 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Waking the Dead - Greece as an Ideal and an Exemplar
- 2. Hellenism and Hebraism: The Two Poles of the World
- 3. Israel and Greece: Reviving a Legendary Past
- 4. 'Greek Wisdom' as Secular Knowledge and Science
- 5. Japheth in the Tents of Shem: The Reception of the Classical Heritage in Modern Hebrew Culture
- 6. The Moral Dimension: Commonality and Particularity
- 7. Worlds without Compromise: Reconstructing the Disparities
- 8. Have Jews Imagination? Jews and the Creative Arts
- 9. The Nature of the Hellenistic Mirror
- 10. Judaism and Hellenism in Palestine and Alexandria: Two Models of a National and Cultural Encounter
- 11. Homeric Books and Hellenistic Culture in the World of the Sages.