Jewish Ethnic Identity and Relations in Hellenistic Egypt : With Walls of Iron?

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Thicker than Water? A Social-Scientific Approach to Ancient Judean Ethnicity -- 1. The Early Dominant Paradigm of Ethnicity -- 2. The Use and Abuse of Ethnicity in Second Temple Studies -- 3. Beyond the Durkheimian Approach -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2. The History of Dustbins: Reconstructing Ethnicity from the Papyri -- 1. Models of Greek-Egyptian Interaction -- 2. Models of Greek-Egyptian Conflict -- 3. Judean Ethnic Markers in the Papyri -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Reflections on the Nile: Greek Ethnographers and the Egyptians' Boundary -- 1. Herodotus -- 2. Hellenistic Ethnographers -- 3. Hellenistic Ethnographies of Judeans -- Chapter 4. From the Mouths of Beasts: Ethnic Identity in Apocalyptic Literature from Egypt -- 1. Egyptian Apocalyptic Literature -- 2. The Third Sibylline Oracle -- Chapter 5. For the Sake of Mice and Weasels: Ethnic Boundaries and the "Cultural Stuff" in the Letter of Aristeas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dating -- 3. The Digressions -- 4. The Main Narrative of Aristeas -- 5. The Pseudonym -- 6. Historical Context -- 7. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.

In Jewish Ethnic Identity and Relations in Hellenistic Egypt, Stewart Moore investigates the triangular ethnic relations of Jews, Egyptians and Greeks to describe their mutual effects, both positive and negative, on identity formation.

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