Athens in Jerusalem : Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew.
Shavit, Yaacov.
Athens in Jerusalem : Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (578 pages) - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series . - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Translators' Note -- Introduction -- Part I: The First Mirror -- 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 -- Part II: The Second Mirror -- 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 -- Part III: Athens in Jerusalem -- 12: Back to History: The Secularization of the Ancient Jewish Past -- 13: The Children of Japheth (Aryans) and the Children of Shem (Sernites): Race and Innate Nationalism -- 14: The People and its Land: Country, Landscape, and Culture -- 15: A 'Polis' in Jerusalem: The Jewish State -- 16: The New Jewish Culture: Ideal and Reality -- Conclusion: What has Athens to Do with Jerusalem? -- Bibliography -- Index.
According to the author the Hellenistic trad ition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to dra w upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The autho r believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now inter nalised by the Jewish people '.
9781909821767
Judaism-Relations-Greek religion.
Jews-Civilization-Greek influences.
Judaism-History-Modern period, 1750--Historiography.
Greece-Religion.
Electronic books.
BM536.G7 .S538 2012
305.8/924
Athens in Jerusalem : Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (578 pages) - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series . - The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Translators' Note -- Introduction -- Part I: The First Mirror -- 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 -- Part II: The Second Mirror -- 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 -- Part III: Athens in Jerusalem -- 12: Back to History: The Secularization of the Ancient Jewish Past -- 13: The Children of Japheth (Aryans) and the Children of Shem (Sernites): Race and Innate Nationalism -- 14: The People and its Land: Country, Landscape, and Culture -- 15: A 'Polis' in Jerusalem: The Jewish State -- 16: The New Jewish Culture: Ideal and Reality -- Conclusion: What has Athens to Do with Jerusalem? -- Bibliography -- Index.
According to the author the Hellenistic trad ition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to dra w upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The autho r believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now inter nalised by the Jewish people '.
9781909821767
Judaism-Relations-Greek religion.
Jews-Civilization-Greek influences.
Judaism-History-Modern period, 1750--Historiography.
Greece-Religion.
Electronic books.
BM536.G7 .S538 2012
305.8/924